Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fiord"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fiord
n : a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common
in Norway [syn: {fjord}]
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