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fjord

[fyawrd, fyohrd, fyohr, fyoor] / fyɔrd, fyoʊrd, fyoʊr, fyʊər /
NOUN
narrow inlet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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IKATEQ, Greenland—Deep in a remote fjord in Greenland, hundreds of rusty fuel drums known locally as “American flowers” litter the icy wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But if the takeover is sudden, they will flee by boat to a cabin along the fjord.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

They placed a ten-kilometer-long fiber-optic cable on the seafloor across the fjord in front of the Eqalorutsit Kangilliit Sermiat glacier.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

The exciting new boat made it possible for us to go much farther afield, and every day we would travel far out into the fjord, hunting for a different island.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl




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