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Word entry · 5 letters

fjord

Best crossword clue

"Steep-sided sea inlet"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈfiːɔːd/Part of speech nounSorted dfjorStarts with FEnds with D2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of firth, ford, port, and fjard.

Used in a sentence

  • In the center of Mount Desert Island is deep Somes Sound, almost bisecting the island and forming the only natural fjord on the entire Atlantic Coast of North America.

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01Steep-sided sea inlet5 letters
02Fiord5 letters

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