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fiordland

/fiːɔːdlənd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
fiord-land
IPA
/fiːɔːdlənd/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Fiordland penguin

Questions

How do you pronounce fiordland?
The recorded pronunciation is /fiːɔːdlənd/.
What does fiordland mean?
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.
Where does fiordland come from?
From fiord (“NZ spelling of fjord”) + land.

How to pronounce fiordland

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