[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

narrow \nar"row\, n.; pl. narrows.
   a narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake,
   or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually
   in the plural; as, the narrows of new york harbor.
   1913 webster

         near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
         narrow.                                  --gladstone.
   1913 webster
see also:
narrows 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "narrows":
   arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, bottleneck, canal,
   channel, cove, creek, defile, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf,
   gut, harbor, inlet, isthmus, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow,
   narrow seas, natural harbor, neck, pass, reach, road, roads,
   roadstead, sound, strait, straits, throat

[3] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

narrows, ky
  zip codes: 42358
narrows, va town, fips 54904
  location: 37.33138 n, 80.80909 w
  population 1990: 2082 929 housing units
  area: 3.3 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
  zip codes: 24124

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

narrows, va -- u.s. town in virginia
   population 2000:    2111
   housing units 2000: 971
   land area 2000:     1.279603 sq. miles 3.314156 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.055472 sq. miles 0.143672 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.335075 sq. miles 3.457828 sq. km
   fips code:            54904
   located within:       virginia va, fips 51
   location:             37.331818 n, 80.808477 w
   zip codes 1990:     24124
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    narrows, va
    narrows

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