Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden

Danish

Alternative forms

  • 79-Fjord (abbreviation)

Etymology

From nioghalvfjerds (“seventy-nine”) +‎ fjord (“fjord”) +‎ -en (definite suffix), literally “the seventy-nine fjord”, because the Nioghalvfjerdsbræ (“79° North Glacier”) drains into the fjord.

Proper noun

Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden c

  1. Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, Greenland, Denmark)

See also

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