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Definition of Fjords
1. fjord [n] - See also: fjord
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fjords
Literary usage of Fjords
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1869)
"ON THE FORMATION OF fjords, [MARCH 8, 1869. cratic to work for hire. They used
to grow cotton to an immense extent ; but they did not do so now, ..."
2. Icelandby Cathy Harlow by Cathy Harlow (2004)
"The sheltered fjords provided a perfect safe haven for the fleet and as people
... Geologically the West fjords region is the oldest part of Iceland, ..."
3. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"fjords of Scandinavia.—Their Walls and Terminal Valleys. ... masses of rock
belonging to the oldest formations ; these arms of the sea are called fjords. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1869)
"Mules they valued very highly, and would give a high price for them—as much corn
as would fetch 300 dollars. 2.—On the Formation of fjords, Canons, and, ..."
5. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Misty fjords No visit to Ketchikan is complete without a trip to Misty fjords
National Monument, just 22 miles east of town. Charter boats and planes are a ..."
6. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1902)
"Unequal depths of the fjords. €. The Admiralty Charts with soundings ... 1.
Cause of the rapid shallowing of the fjords seawards. ..."
7. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"Etymologically this word is nearly akin with the Scottish firth and frith; and
it is to be remarked that some of the fjords or friths of Scotland have low ..."
8. The Spanish Story of the Armada, and Other Essays by James Anthony Froude (1899)
"THE NORWAY fjords ON June 30,1881, we sailed from Southampton Water in the steam
yacht Severn to spend ten weeks in the Norway fjords—-fjords or Friths, ..."
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