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A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.
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A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
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A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, named after Fife in Scotland.
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, named after the owner of the village site.
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name
A place in the United States:
A city in Pierce County, Washington, possibly named after William J. Fife.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
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Used instead of five in radio communications, especially NATO and ICAO, to avoid confusion with fire or nine.
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verb
To play this instrument.
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noun
a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
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Broader terms: flute, transverse flute
History
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne. Possibly related to the Uip attested in the Pictish kings lists, in turn possibly related to the Latin Vepogenus, in which the first element is the Proto-Brythonic predecessor of Welsh gwep (“face”).
From German Pfeife (“whistle, smoking pipe”). Doublet of pipe.
Across languages
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