fjord

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes or cliffs, typically carved by a glacier

   The research vessel followed the fjord inland between towering rock walls.

Borrowed from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjordr, 'inlet or passage,' ultimately related to words for crossing or passage such as ford and firth. Fiord is an established alternative spelling in English.

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