Illustration of fjord
variants
or less commonly fiord
: a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes
the fjords of Norway
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Examples of fjord in a Sentence
a cruise through the breathtaking fjords along the coast of Norway
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Dark sky tourism is expected to attract stargazers to Nuuk, with the fjord outside the city awaiting an official dark sky certification.
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Laura Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2024
Geiranger, Norway This idyllic village in the heart of the Norwegian fjords bustles with life in the summer thanks to visiting cruise ships and road-trippers.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
From the ground, northeastern Norway might look like fjord country, peppered with neat red houses and dissected by snowmobile tours through the winter.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Photographs and satellite imagery revealed a mountain and part of a glacier in East Greenland had collapsed into the fjord at that time.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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Laura Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2024
Geiranger, Norway This idyllic village in the heart of the Norwegian fjords bustles with life in the summer thanks to visiting cruise ships and road-trippers.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
From the ground, northeastern Norway might look like fjord country, peppered with neat red houses and dissected by snowmobile tours through the winter.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Photographs and satellite imagery revealed a mountain and part of a glacier in East Greenland had collapsed into the fjord at that time.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Fjord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fjord. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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