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fjord

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


Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Last summer a giant wave swept through a remote fjord in southeast Alaska leaving destruction in its wake.

From BBC • May 6, 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

At home in Trondheim, Klaebo challenges himself once a month with a brutal 30-minute roller-ski climb from the sea-level fjord to a mountain peak, gaining nearly one-third of a vertical mile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

“Just think about being in a cool place. That always helps. Let’s pretend this is our new home in Norway. There’s a fjord outside and snow on the mountains.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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