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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
fjord
 
PRONUNCIATION:  fyôrd, fyrd
VARIANT FORMS: or fiord
NOUN: A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.
ETYMOLOGY:Norwegian, from Old Norse fjördhr. See per-2 in Appendix I.
 
 
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