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also fiord
as in bay
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
a cruise through the breathtaking fjords along the coast of Norway
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Recent Examples of fjord
This year’s off-stage activities included a trip to a sauna on the fjord.
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Joy Williams, The Dial, 3 Mar. 2026
Focusing on Alaskan heritage, the voyages would navigate remote fjords and narrow channels inaccessible to large ships.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Wildcats will reportedly operate alongside the Royal Norwegian Navy to test helicopter-drone teaming in fjord environments, focusing on fast attack craft and other asymmetric threats.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Captain Arctic, which is available for private charter with Pelorus Yachting, will be cruising the icy fjords of Norway, Svalbard and Greenland from November 2026.
—Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Joy Williams, The Dial, 3 Mar. 2026
Focusing on Alaskan heritage, the voyages would navigate remote fjords and narrow channels inaccessible to large ships.
—Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Wildcats will reportedly operate alongside the Royal Norwegian Navy to test helicopter-drone teaming in fjord environments, focusing on fast attack craft and other asymmetric threats.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Captain Arctic, which is available for private charter with Pelorus Yachting, will be cruising the icy fjords of Norway, Svalbard and Greenland from November 2026.
—Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fjord
Noun
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The new $11 million installation features between 48,000 and 50,000 individual LED lights — double the number in the original 2013 display — designed for 360-degree visibility and built to better withstand the bay’s salty, windy weather, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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The barge was hauling concrete debris to an empty lot on Di Lido Island in Miami Beach across the bay.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the estuary, which had been silting up since the 11th century, had different ideas.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
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The team tethered the crustaceans to posts at varying times of the year and at varying depths of Maryland’s Rhode River, a tidal estuary in Chesapeake Bay.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
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First there’s the outdoor activities on offer—from paddle boarding on the loch to mountain biking in the surrounding forest to golf.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Located on the shores of Loch Linnhe, one of 31,000 freshwater lochs in Scotland, Fort William sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis, at 4,490 feet the highest peak in Britain.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Ships with barely 100 cabins that can access coves and fishing villages no megaship can touch.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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Bái Tử Long Bay has the same towering limestone islands and karst formations, caves, hidden coves, and floating fishing villages, but with a quieter, more quaint and intimate feel.—
Jasmine Ting,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Fjord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fjord. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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