Friesland

American  

[freez-luhnd, frees-lahnt] / ˈfriz lənd, ˈfrisˌlɑnt /

noun

1. a province in the N Netherlands. 1,431 sq. mi. (3,705 sq. km). Leeuwarden.

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Friesland British  

/ ˈfriːzlənd, ˈfriːslɑnt /

noun

1. Official and Frisian name: Fryslân.  a province of the N Netherlands, on the IJsselmeer and the North Sea: includes four of the West Frisian Islands; flat, with sand dunes and fens (under reclamation), canals, and lakes. Capital: Leeuwarden. Pop: 640 000 (2003 est). Area: 3319 sq km (1294 sq miles)

2. an area comprising the province of Friesland in the Netherlands along with the regions of East Friesland and North Friesland in Germany

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Example Sentences

The course makes a great loop of Friesland, initially heading south from Leeuwarden, before tracking to the coast then north to the towns of Harlingen and Dokkum, and back to the provincial capital.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

It is the body responsible for putting on the Eleven Cities Tour, a marathon cross-country skating race over the lakes and waterways of the northern province of Friesland, famed for its intensity.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

Almost 9,000 people who may have been given bogus shots in the spring will be offered new vaccinations, Friesland District Administrator Sven Ambrosy said in a news conference Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021

Using a special data processor linked to a large military air-defense radar in the north of Friesland to more closely study their movements, Buurma discovered that swifts weren’t staying up there to sleep.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2020

In the spring of 1685, Maria put most of her belongings in storage, renounced the world—including her increasingly distant husband—and bumped over rutted roads to the flat, open moors of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman