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fiord
CIDE DICTIONARY
fiord, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fiord, n. (also fjord) a long narrow inlet of sea between high cliffs, as in Norway.
Etymology
Norw. f. ON fj{ouml}rthr f. Gmc: cf. FIRTH, FORD
THESAURUS
fiord
arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads, roadstead, sound, strait, straitsROGET THESAURUS
fiord
Lake
N gulf, lake, land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet, frith, firth, ostiary, mouth, lagune, lagoon, indraught, cove, creek, natural harbor, roads, strait, narrows, Euripus, sound, belt, gut, kyles, continental slope, continental shelf, lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well, standing water, dead water, sheet of water, fish pond, mill pond, ditch, dike, dyke, dam, reservoir, alberca, barachois, hog wallow, lacustrine.For further exploring for "fiord" in Webster Dictionary Online