Yssel
Britishnoun
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It passed through the small lake of Flevo before reaching the sea which became expanded into what is now called the Zuyder Zee by increase of water through the Yssel from the Rhine.
From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar
Imitating the noble example set them by Amsterdam, the other towns readily opened the sluices of the Lek, Meuse, Yssel, and Vecht, inundating by that means the whole of the intervening tracts of land.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd
So called from the Isăla or Yssel, in Holland.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
The Yssel was first connected with the Rhine by the canal of Drusus.
From "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar
In 58 they attempted unsuccessfully to appropriate certain districts between the Rhine and the Yssel, and in 70 they took part in the campaign of Claudius Civilis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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