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fjord
/fiˈɔɹd/
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What does fjord mean?
noun
- A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
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To that era belong the deep beds of oyster shells and Cardium edule, which are still found at the bottom of the fjord.
Such were, no doubt, the thoughts with which most of us were occupied as our vessel glided over the motionless fjord in the light summer night.
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Squeak, crack-squeak, crack-squeak, crack--at regular intervals from the great spreading snow-shoes of the Storbuk, and the steady sough of his breath was like the Nordland as she passes up the Hardanger Fjord.