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fjord
or fiord
[ fyawrd, fyohrd; Norwegian fyohr, fyoor ]
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
/ ڲô /
- 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.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰi adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fjord1
C17: from Norwegian, from Old Norse öٳ ; see firth , ford
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Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.
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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.
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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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In 985 C.E., he sailed deep into a southern Greenland fjord.
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The sun is rising over the ice-covered mountains of Nuuk fjord and we are travelling along one of the world's last wild frontiers.
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