fiord

American  

[fyawrd, fyohrd, fyohr, fyoor] / fyɔrd, fyoʊrd, fyoʊr, fyʊər /

noun

1. a variant of fjord.

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fiord British  

/ fjɔːd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of fjord

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Example Sentences

To choose the name, the researchers worked with Jarloo Kiguktak, an Inuit Elder and former mayor of Grise Fiord, the northernmost Inuit community in Canada.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

In 2014, about two dozen American lobsters were reported found in Gullmar Fiord, or “God’s sea,” on the western coast of Sweden.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2016

There, in Grimstad Fiord on the Norwegian coast, lay the new Nazi 50,000-ton battle-wagon�bigger and tougher than any British battleship afloat.

From Time Magazine Archive

In foul weather, the Bismarck and her cruiser escort slipped out of Grimstad Fiord before British bombers could be put to work on them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Passing out on the south of Bay Fiord, we noted bear and wolf tracks.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.