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English
Etymology
From Latin Frisia, from Frisii (“Frisians”).
Proper noun
Frisia
- (historical) A coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands (including present-day Frisia (see below)) and smaller parts of northern Germany (including present-day East Frisia). It is the traditional homeland of the Frisians.
1878, Philip Smith, The History of the Christian Church During the First Ten Centuries, page 519:Devoting himself to labour among the heathen, [Winfrid] crossed to Frisia, in 716; […]
- (exonym) Fryslân, a province of the Netherlands. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia.
1913, Municipal Journal, Public Works Engineer and Contractors' Guide, Volume 22, page 1166:The population of the Province of Frisia, which is divided into eleven urban and thirty rural communes, is of a people of a distinct national character, who have never known feudalism and who attach a high importance to their independence and personal value, hard-working, and of a serious and grave character, with little sentiment for the past.
2005, Carl Skutsch, Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities, Routledge, →ISBN, page 470:The three areas populated by Frisians today are the Dutch province of Frisia (West-Frisia), the German landscape East-Frisia […] , and the German district North-Frisia […] .
Translations
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Frisia.
Proper noun
Frisia f
- Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)
Latin
Etymology
From Frīsiī (“the Frisians”).
Proper noun
Frīsia f sg (genitive Frīsiae); first declension
- Friesland (a region of Western Europe, straddling the Netherlands and Germany)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Frīsia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɾisja/
- Rhymes: -isja
- Syllabification: Fri‧sia
Proper noun
Frisia f
- Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)
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