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fjord

or fiord

[ fyawrd, fyohrd; Norwegian fyohr, fyoor ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.
(in Scandinavia) a bay.

fjord

/ fjɔːd /

(esp on the coast of Norway) a long narrow inlet of the sea between high steep cliffs formed by glacial action

fjord

/ fyôrd /

A long, narrow, deep inlet from the sea between steep slopes of a mountainous coast. Fjords usually occur where ocean water flows into valleys formed near the coast by glaciers.

Origin of fjord¹

From Norwegian; firth

Origin of fjord¹

C17: from Norwegian, from Old Norse fjörthr ; see firth , ford

The tour then goes to Norway for dives of a fjord, followed by stops in Portugal, Ukraine, Spain, and a season finale in Brazil.

The little white house of Skipper Randulf stood on an elevation, looking over the bay and the fjord.

The fjord below lay as smooth as a mirror, the outermost headlands and islands seeming to stand out of the water.

And it was at this season that the fjord near-by which the kings most oft abode gat its name of Harding.

Send also word to Erling to go out of the fjord so that we may meet in More.

The wind was sweeping down over the meadow, and driving the thick smoke from the pitch-house out over the fjord.

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