fjardEtymologyBorrowed from Swedish fjärd. Doublet of fjord, ford, port, and firth.fjard means A more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.nounA more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago.“However, a variety of drowned glacial valleys called fjards have developed in the low-relief rocky coast of northern Sweden, having cross-sections with less steep walls and presenting some lateral terraces which may be confused with strandflats.”