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Fiordland

/fiːɔːdlənd/

Fiordland proper noun: a mountainous and largely uninhabited geographic region with many fiords (actually named sounds) in Southland Region in the south-western part of the South Island of New Zealand, virtually all of which is a national park.

fiordland: a mountainous and largely uninhabited geographic region with many fiords (actually named sounds) in...
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Proper noun

Fiordland

  1. A mountainous and largely uninhabited geographic region with many fiords (actually named sounds) in Southland Region in the south-western part of the South Island of New Zealand, virtually all of which is a national park.

Origin of Fiordland

From fiord (“NZ spelling of fjord”) + land.

Words formed from Fiordland

Phrases with Fiordland

Questions about Fiordland

What does Fiordland mean?
Fiordland means a mountainous and largely uninhabited geographic region with many fiords (actually named sounds) in Southland Region in the south-western part of the South Island of New Zealand, virtually all of which is a national park.
What part of speech is Fiordland?
Fiordland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Fiordland?
Fiordland is pronounced /fiːɔːdlənd/.

Words near Fiordland in the dictionary

  1. Fioravanti
  2. Fioravantis
  3. fiord
  4. fiordal
  5. fiorded
  6. Fiordland
  7. Fiordland penguin
  8. Fiordland penguins
  9. fiords
  10. Fiorella
  11. fiorelli

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