Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland. It is the northern outlet of the Caledonian Canal system.
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- noun an inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland
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Examples
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The Scottish government is considering reviewing the existing oil spill policy for cetaceans in the Moray Firth, which is currently inadequate and would do little to protect individuals should a spill occur.
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The 65,000 ton carrier, with warships and support vessels, anchored outside British territorial waters some 30 miles off the Moray Firth, in Scotland.
British Destroyer 'Keeps Watch' on Russian Carrier Alistair MacDonald 2011
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Grass and sand by the Moray Firth, where fertile farmland was buried in sand by a persistent storm in October 1694.
Weatherwatch: A storm that made a desert on the Moray Firth 2011
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About that name: Cullen is, of course, a fishing town on the Moray Firth, an inlet popular with haddock, while "skink" has a more puzzling history.
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Two former RAF bases have been refurbished for the regiments returning to the UK: RAF Cottesmore in Rutland, and RAF Kinloss on the Moray Firth.
UK troops to withdraw from Germany by end of decade under MoD plans 2011
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With two rounds of projects in operation or being built, the government in January awarded a third round of licenses, for nine enormous wind farms stretching from Scotland's Moray Firth to the Isle of Wight in southern England.
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I would imagine the Picts in Srath Earn would have a different dialect to those in the Moray Firth those are two known 'pictish' strongholds when cross-referencing evidence.
Pictish female names Carla 2010
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Anyone who has seen film of the Moray Firth dolphins beating up harbour porpoises will also be aware that we humans, by comparison with porpoises, are as agile in the sea and as well able to defend ourselves as a slug on a carpet.
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No discussion, no explanation, in fact he had almost as little idea of what was going on as the flight lieutenant, but station commanders tucked up here on the Moray Firth had to be adaptable.
The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008
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What's unusual about the effort is its dimensions: While existing offshore wind projects tend to be in shallow waters close to the coast, the Moray Firth venture is expected to culminate in the first offshore wind farm in deep water (150 feet) far from land (15 miles).
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