Zeeland

[ zee-luhnd; Dutch zey-lahnt ]

noun

1. a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1,041 sq. mi. (2,695 sq. km). : Middelburg.

Zeeland

/ ˈziːlənd; ˈzeːlɑnt /

noun

1. a province of the SW Netherlands: consists of a small area on the mainland together with a number of islands in the Scheldt estuary; mostly below sea level. Capital: Middelburg. Pop: 378 000 (2003 est). Area: 1787 sq km (690 sq miles)

Other Words From

• Zeeland·er noun

Example Sentences

He found them lying at anchor in one of the Zeeland streams.

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There was an Indian company which was backed by the province of Zeeland.

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He returned to Zeeland to die, but was cured mysteriously by a strolling quack.

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The florin had twenty stivers; the regular Holland dollar had fifty stivers, the Zeeland dollar had forty-two.

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He was furnished with four ships of Amsterdam, two of Rotterdam and one from Zeeland.

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