Fjäll

noun

fēˈel,

ˈfyel

plural -s

: a Swedish breed of small white polled dairy cattle with red or black points and flecking on the sides

Word History

Etymology

Swedish, literally, mountain, from Old Swedish fiæll; akin to Old Norse fjall mountain, fell

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