Seeland
Americannoun
noun
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On 14 May 1568, Tycho received a formal promise from the King, still Frederick II, that he could have the next canonry to become vacant at the Cathedral of Roskilde, in Seeland.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
In Denmark the first railroad was built on the island of Seeland in 1847.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
He drew to him all the men he could, and went round in winter among the islands, Seeland, Fyen, and others.
From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
Coming home from Norway he ran afoul of forty pirate ships under the coast of Seeland.
From Hero Tales of the Far North by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
By this enterprise the whole plain of Seeland has become higher than the surface of the lakes, and consequently drains into them naturally.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
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