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[syn: fjord, fiord]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fjord \Fjord\ (fy[^o]rd), n.
See Fiord.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fiord \Fiord\ (fy?rd; i or y consonant, [sect] 272), n. [Dan. &
Norw. fiord. See Frith.]
A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or
rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also
fjord.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fjord
n 1: a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common
in Norway [syn: fjord, fiord]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "fjord":
arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary,
euripus, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth,
narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads,
roadstead, sound, strait, straits