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Fjord
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A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance.
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0% interchangeable
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A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
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0% interchangeable
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A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
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68% interchangeable
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