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Overijssel

American  
[oh-ver-ahy-suhl] / ˌoʊ vərˈaɪ səl /

noun

  1. a province in the E Netherlands. Zwolle.


Overijssel British  
/ oːvərˈɛisəl /

noun

  1. a province of the E Netherlands: generally low-lying. Capital: Zwolle. Pop: 1 101 000 (2003 est). Area: 3929 sq km (1517 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A court in Overijssel, an eastern provence bordering Germany, had said in a statement: “This behaviour is unacceptable in our society and demands that a penalty be imposed on the suspect.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2018

The court in Overijssel suspended 16 days of the sentence and the man will not spend any more time in jail, having already spent 14 days in preventative custody last year.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2016

In fact, the farm was moving from Overijssel northward, towards Friesland.

From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by Griffis, William Elliot

Hundreds of hectares of floating pastures," says our author, "which have nothing in their appearance to distinguish them from grass lands resting on solid bog, are found in Overijssel, in North Holland and near Utrecht.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

Hundreds of hectares of floating pastures," says our author, "which have nothing in their appearance to distinguish them from grass-lands resting on solid bog, are found in Overijssel, in North Holland, and near Utrecht.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

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