vik.
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))
Meaning & usage
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))
Vi bor längst in i viken
segla in i viken
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)
en mysig liten vik
en skyddad vik
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 gulf (when shaped like a vik, especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.
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