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fjord
[fyawrd, fyohrd, fyoh
noun
a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.
(in Scandinavia) a bay.
fjord
/ ɔː /
noun
(esp on the coast of Norway) a long narrow inlet of the sea between high steep cliffs formed by glacial action
fjord
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- fjordic adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fjord1
Example Sentences
And it is where most of the salmon farms are located, in its many fjords.
Inside the Arctic Circle, at the northernmost point of mainland Norway, the former mining town is a gritty contrast with the picture-postcard, snow-covered mountains and fjords that surround it.
Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.
The serenity of his room reflects the temperament of a man who grew up in a settlement of just "seven or eight people" in the Nuuk fjord of the island.
Jagged grey peaks suddenly appear before us, as the motorboat navigates choppy coastal waters and dramatic fjords at Greenland's southern tip.
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