fjord
pronunciation
How to pronounce fjord in British English:
UK [fjɔ:d]
How to pronounce fjord in American English:
US [fjɔrd]
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- Noun:
- a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
Word Origin
- fjord
- fjord: see ford
- fjord (n.)
- 1670s, from Norwegian fiord, from Old Norse fjörðr, from North Germanic *ferthuz, from PIE *prtus, from *per- "going, passage" (see port (n.1)).
Example
- 1. Your correspondent visited in late winter , yet the fjord was unfrozen .
- 2. All this may sound like a small squall in a narrow fjord .
- 3. Photo 8 : a squadron of gentoo penguins wings through the waters of drygalski fjord .
- 4. A decision to string a power cable across the picture-perfect hardanger fjord has triggered bitter opposition from locals and environmentalists .
- 5. Previous monster waves struck the fjord in 1853 , 1874 , 1899 and 1936 .