fjord
noun/fjɔːd/
/fjɔːrd/
(also fiord)
- a long narrow area of sea between high cliffs, especially in NorwayTopics Geographyc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: Norwegian, from Old Norse fjǫrthr. Compare with firth.
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