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Meanings of fjord in English

Russian
фьорды
Portuguese
fiord
Spanish
fiordo
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fiord
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A long, narrow arm of the sea, usually formed by entrance of the sea into a deep glacial trough.

фьорды
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Examples for "fiord"
Examples for "fiord"
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
Usage of fjord in English
1
The fjord was in this place about half a mile in width.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
2
The school was the other side of the fjord by the church.
The Land of the Long Night
3
The Kaldbak men rowed into the fjord and the two parties separated.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
4
The pair walked down together, towards the grey cottage by the fjord.
The Great Hunger
5
King Ring ruled over Ringerike, on the west side of Kristiania fjord.
Fritiofs Saga
6
About ten o'clock the bridal procession descended the slope to the fjord.
Tales from Two Hemispheres
7
I never saw them till after they'd left-gonedown to the fjord.
Look Back on Happiness
8
Skerries, ringed by azure shallows, breached the calm waters of the fjord.
The Guardian
9
There will be a huge downstream impact in the fjord and beyond.
The Guardian
10
You sail across the mouth of the fjord from Luda to Vindraholm.
Bones of the Dragon
11
Unusually for this time of year, the fjord is ice free.
Reuters
12
Below, the fjord; and above, on the steep mountain, the castle.
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
13
They met King Harald in a fjord in Rogaland called Hafrsfjord.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
14
There he saw King Olaf rowing in with his fleet into the fjord.
Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
15
From here, take in views of Oslo, the mountains and the fjord islands.
The Guardian
16
As our impervious-to-cold northern hemisphere friend pointed out, this makes it a fjord.
News.com.au
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Spanish
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Fjord through the time
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