Fjord vs. Loch

Fjordnoun

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

Fjordnoun

See Fiord.

Fjordnoun

a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway

Fjordnoun

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.

Fjord

In geology, a fjord or fiord (alternatively fyord) ( (listen)) is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. There are many fjords on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Labrador, Nunavut, Newfoundland, Quebec, Scotland, South Georgia Island, Isla de los Estados, and Washington state.

Lochnoun

A lake.

Lochnoun

A bay or arm of the sea.

Lochnoun

A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.

Lochnoun

A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

Lochnoun

a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

Lochnoun

Scottish word for a lake

Loch

Loch () is the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word for a lake or for a sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.