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Webster 1913 Edition


Fiord

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Fiord

(fy[GREEK]rd; i or y consonant, § 272)
,
Noun.
[Dan. & Norw.
fiord
. See
Frith
.]
A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
[Written also
fjord
.]