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Definition of Fiord

1. Noun. A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway.

Definition of Fiord

1. n. A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.

Definition of Fiord

1. Noun. (New Zealand) A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fiord

1. fjord [n -S] - See also: fjord

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiord

Literary usage of Fiord

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"Fiske fiord. 129. D. aff. FALCATUM, Hedw. Fiske fiord. 130. D. aff. ... Fiske fiord. 136. H. STRAMINEUM, Dickson. Sukkertoppen and Fiske fiord. 137. ..."

2. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"fiords plentiful along west coast, but not so on east coast—Depths in the Firths of east coast—Examples of fiord-basins—Examples of deflection-basins— Union ..."

3. Norway and Its Glaciers, Visited in 1851: Visited in 1851; Followed by by James David Forbes (1853)
"THE HARDANGER-fiord. LAND JOURNEY TO OOS—OOS TO ... near the head of the Sogne-fiord, by a small steamer which plies weekly at this season between that ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1861)
"channel of the fiord is 14 fathoms, with deeper water both outside and in, ... Hval fiord is protected from a heavy sea breaking into it by the shoals of ..."

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