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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))

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. 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))

    common-gender
    Vi bor längst in i viken
    segla in i viken
  2. 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)

    common-gender
    en mysig liten vik
    en skyddad vik
  3. 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)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

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