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fjord
[fyawrd, fyohrd; Norw. fyohr, fyoo
r] 
–noun
| 1. | a long, narrow arm of the sea bordered by steep cliffs: usually formed by glacial erosion. |
| 2. | (in Scandinavia) a bay. |
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| 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.] |
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Fjord
Fjord\ (fy[^o]rd), n. See Fiord.
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fjord
1674, from Norw. fiord, from O.N. fjörðr, from N.Gmc. *ferthuz, from PIE *prtus, from *por- "going, passage" (see port (1)).
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| 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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