fiord
pronunciation
How to pronounce fiord in British English:
UK [fjɔ:d, fjəʊrd]
How to pronounce fiord in American English:
US [fjɔrd, fjord]
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- Noun:
- a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
Word Origin
- fiord
- fiord: see ford
- fiord (n.)
- alternative form of fjord (q.v.).
Example
- 1. The scandinavian peninsula fiord scene , an image of sphinx , my god !
- 2. Tidal physics ; fiord oceanography ; sea ice formation ; satellite ocean remote sensing .
- 3. Soon other residents from grise fiord , a remote inuit hamlet in the canadian high arctic , traveled 50 miles by snowmobile to break holes in the ice so the whales could breathe .