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# fjord

noun (fjord, fjords); also spelt «fiord», especially in New Zealand

«fjord» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A fjord is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, made by a glacier long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, fjords are found in Norway, New Zealand (Milford Sound), Canada, Chile and Greenland; they formed when glaciers carved valleys that the sea later filled. Phrases: «Norwegian fjords», «sail along a fjord».

### Examples

- A fjord is a long arm of the sea between steep cliffs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x1)
- We took a boat trip along a Norwegian fjord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x2)
- Milford Sound in New Zealand is really a fjord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x3)
- Glaciers carved the fjords long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x4)
- Waterfalls tumbled down the sides of the fjord. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x5)
- The fjord was deep, cold and very still. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «fee-ORD» or «FYORD». Spelling: «fjord», but New Zealand place names often use «fiord» (Fiordland). The word comes from Norwegian. Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fjord» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fjord/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fjord» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fjord.html) on Mova free.