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fjord

noun
🔊/fjɔːd/
🔊/fjɔːrd/
(also fiord)
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  1. a long narrow area of sea between high cliffs, especially in Norway（尤指挪威两岸峭壁间的）峡湾Topics Geographyc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: Norwegian, from Old Norse fjǫrthr. Compare with firth.