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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. See fiord.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See fiord.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

Etymologies

  1. Norwegian, from Old Norse fjördhr; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.

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