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fjord

[fyawrd, fyohrd, fyohr, fyoor] / fjɔrd, fjoʊrd, fjoʊr, fjʊər /
NOUN
narrow inlet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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And the team’s official World Cup photo features the players dressed as Nordic warriors, weapons in hand, posed before a scenic fjord with long boats in the background.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

"It's on its way to being a fjord, not a glacier."

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

Conservationist and photographer Rebecca Douglas is part of a team researching whales in a remote Icelandic fjord, which has been recording their sounds for a year.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

Here in Kapisillit in western Greenland, a cluster of coloured houses cling to the hillside in a frozen fjord.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

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

Summer is the busiest time of year for iceberg activity in Greenland's glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 delivered a particularly dramatic example.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Norwegian salmon producer Mowi was hit in 2016 after warm water in Chilean fjords caused algal blooms that asphyxiated millions of fish.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Instead, the squad headed to one of the country's famed fjords to be snapped head-to-toe in authentic Viking dress, with weapons and shields to boot.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

The resulting images capture mountains and fjords dissolving into sky, rendered in the deep azure light of the Arctic Circle.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

They came in the night, their long ships creeping up the moonlit fjords.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye




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