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flói.

bay, gulf

4 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈflouːɪ]
  1. bay, gulf

    masculine
  2. marshy ground

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse flói (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōô (“expanse of water”), from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (“to flow, flood”). Cognate with Faroese flógvi (“gulf”) and Norwegian Bokmål floe (“marsh; water on marshland”)

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