Liczba mnoga: fives
ETYM French fifre, Old High Germ. pfîfa, Late Lat. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, from Latin pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. Related to Pipe.
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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Liczba mnoga: Fives
City in Washington (USA); zip code 98424.
Region of E Scotland.
area 1,300 sq km/502 sq mi.
towns and cities administrative headquarters Glenrothes; Dunfermline, St Andrews, Kirkcaldy, Cupar.
features faces the North Sea and Firth of Forth; Lomond Hills in the NW (the only high land); rivers Eden and Leven; Rosyth naval base and dockyard (used for nuclear submarine refits) on northern shore of the Firth of Forth; Tentsmuir, possibly the earliest settled site in Scotland. The ancient palace of the Stuarts was at Falkland, and eight Scottish kings are buried at Dunfermline.
industries potatoes, cereals, sugar beet; electronics, petrochemicals (Mossmorran), light engineering, aluminum refining; coal mining has declined.
Small transverse flute of similar range to the piccolo. Of Swiss origin, the fife is a popular military band instrument, played with the side drums and associated with historic parades.
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Liczba mnoga: Fife Lakes
Village in Michigan (USA); zip code 49633.
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Liczba mnoga: fife rails
The rail surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel.
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