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A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes.

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  • When they went to Norway, they wanted to take a cruise through some of the fiords.
  • The fiord is the show place of the Eastern Arctic and defies description.
  • The word fiord, sometimes spelled fjord, comes from Norway, where fiords are common.
  • See, the ice of the fiord is a turquoise, the dark pine forests are mere threads of brown; for us all abysses should be thus adorned. "
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  • Fior is a variant of fjord.
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