Continental land, as distinguished from islands. / (colloquial) Land, as opposed to water or air.

(usually countable, literary, also figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, planets, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky , the sky.

plural of firmament

A royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of Turkey.

plural of firman

Of, belonging to, or relating to the firmament or heavens; celestial. / (rare) Of, belonging to, or relating to support or strengthening.

A surname transferred from the given name.

plural of firmaun

Obsolete form of firman.

In the direction of the sky or the heavens.