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fjord

[fyawrd, fyohrd; Norw. fyohr, fyoor]
–noun
1. a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion.
2. (in Scandinavia) a bay.
Also, fiord.


Origin:
< Norw; see firth


fjordic, adjective
fjord or fiord   (fyôrd, fyōrd)   
n.  A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.

[Norwegian, from Old Norse fjördhr; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

Fjord

Fjord\ (fy[^o]rd), n. See Fiord.

fjord 
1674, from Norw. fiord, from O.N. fjörðr, from N.Gmc. *ferthuz, from PIE *prtus, from *por- "going, passage" (see port (1)).
fjord   (fyôrd)  Pronunciation Key 
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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