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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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I drove through the woods and along a fjord until I reached the Alderbrook Resort & Spa, in a town called Union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

After an iceberg crashes into the water, surface waves called calving-induced tsunamis sweep across the fjord and mix the upper water layers.

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

At the end of the long fjord their cove was on, icebergs calved off the ends of twelve or more glaciers with a roar throughout the days that sent birds screeching up into the air.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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