Friesland
Americannoun
noun
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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)
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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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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
Earlier this month, badgers also burrowed under tracks near the northern village of Molkwerum in Friesland province, knocking a line out of service until next month while workers seek permission to shift the animals.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Police are investigating the nurse's actions at a vaccination centre in Friesland, near the North Sea coast.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
We were in Friesland, in the far north of the Netherlands, on an unusually sunny and barely warm Friday morning in late July.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
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
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