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fiord

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fiord: see fjord fjord or fiord (fyôrd), steep-sided inlet of the sea characteristic of glaciated regions.
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The lesson for him was one of trust and courage; and I, who seemed to be then shut in upon a mountain-walled fiord without inlet or outlet, took the lesson home and promised myself not to lose heart again.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Hump, if you will look on the west coast of the map of Norway you will see an indentation called Romsdal Fiord.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
From our new Cape Horn in Denmark, a chain of mountains, scarcely half the height of the Alps, would run in a straight line due southward; and on its western flank every deep creek of the sea, or fiord, would end in "bold and astonishing glaciers.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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