vik
“vik” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
- a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))
- a cove (when a small, sheltered vik – see also bukt)
- a gulf (when shaped like a vik, especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik)
Etymology
From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.
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