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fjord

[fyawrd, fyohrd, fyohr, fyoor] / fjɔrd, fjoʊrd, fjoʊr, fjʊər /
NOUN
narrow inlet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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And the team’s official World Cup photo features the players dressed as Nordic warriors, weapons in hand, posed before a scenic fjord with long boats in the background.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

The sheer power of that amount of rock plunging into the fjord in under a minute created a gigantic wave almost 500 metres tall.

From BBC May 6, 2026

Bluie East Two sits at the end of a fjord, far from the nearest settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

Here in Kapisillit in western Greenland, a cluster of coloured houses cling to the hillside in a frozen fjord.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

There are no sandy beaches on the fjord.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

It was only a few days ago that the horde from the fjords was in Boston taking over the subway system before their team’s first match, a 4-1 victory over Iraq.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

Instead, the squad headed to one of the country's famed fjords to be snapped head-to-toe in authentic Viking dress, with weapons and shields to boot.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Norwegian public transport operator Boreal ordered 20 of the hydrofoiling electric passenger boats to service new and existing routes along the Norwegian coast and across the country’s fjords.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

"Normally the seals are on the ice or in the more calm waters. But today we had to sail all the way into the fjords to find them," the 37-year-old tells AFP.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

They came in the night, their long ships creeping up the moonlit fjords.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye




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