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Meanings of fiord in anglès

portuguès
fiordes
català
fiord
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A long, narrow arm of the sea, usually formed by entrance of the sea into a deep glacial trough.

        fiord
        Usage of fiord in anglès
        1
        Hund was quite alone, pulling with all his might down the fiord.
        Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
        2
        Deep snows covered hill, rock, and valley, and ice blockaded the fiord.
        Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
        3
        Have the pebbles of the fiord a perception of their combined being?
        Seraphita
        4
        The path ran in the direction of the hayfields that bordered the fiord.
        Erling the Bold
        5
        The schoolroom was the hermit's hut on the cliff which overlooked the fiord.
        Erling the Bold
        6
        The steamer glided up the fiord towards a cloud of black smoke ahead.
        Kimono
        7
        Erling meanwhile hurried towards one of the cliffs overlooking the fiord.
        Erling the Bold
        8
        He was seen fishing on the fiord, in that poor little worn-out skiff.
        Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
        9
        Probably the drainage of fifty or more pours into this fiord.
        Travels in Alaska
        10
        The granite walls of the fiord, though very high, are not deeply sculptured.
        Travels in Alaska
        11
        They had proceeded some distance down the fiord before their pursuers observed them.
        Erling the Bold
        12
        And inside the fiord, much is different from what is expected.
        The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
        13
        Lady, as I passed, it was still a long way down the fiord.
        The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
        14
        Can you see the smoke of the great steamships out on the fiord?
        John Gabriel Borkman
        15
        The fiord is about five miles long, and two miles wide at the mouth.
        Travels in Alaska
        16
        O, you mean the pirates; they are far enough from our fiord, I suppose.
        Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
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        portuguès
        fiordesfiorde
        català
        fiord
        Fiord through the time
        Fiord across language varieties
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