Synonyms for fjord

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fyawrd, fyohrd; Norwegian fyohr, fyoo r

Phonetic Transcription : fyɔrd, fyoʊrd; Norwegian fyoʊr, fyʊər

Définition of fjord

Origin : 1670s, from Norwegian fiord, from Old Norse fjörðr, from North Germanic *ferthuz, from PIE *prtus, from *per- "going, passage" (see port (n.1)).

noun narrow inlet

Example sentences :

This fjord has its outlet in Barkley Sound on the west side of the island.
Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael

But on a calm spring day, the fjord just steals in smooth and shining by ness and bay.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

A sail on this fjord will bring us to Mariager, the smallest town in Denmark.
Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson

Between the trees are seen the fjord, high mountain ranges and peaks.
Extract from : « The Lady From The Sea » by Henrik Ibsen

They have the fjord so near them, where the shoals of wild fishes pass in and out.
Extract from : « The Lady From The Sea » by Henrik Ibsen

At that instant the big boatswain dropped into the deep waters of the fjord.
Extract from : « Up The Baltic » by Oliver Optic

When the sun went down that evening the party were far down the fjord.
Extract from : « Up The Baltic » by Oliver Optic

And when they came in near to the base of the fjord, he thought of his son, and began to weep.
Extract from : « Eskimo Folktales » by Unknown

Here the Fjord is narrow, presenting something the appearance of a river.
Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne

The hillsides, the woods, the fjord -- all were so bewitchingly fair and so dear to us.
Extract from : « The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 » by Roald Amundsen

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