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Yssel

British  
/ ˈaɪsəl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of IJssel

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It retreated across the Yssel and by the end of February evacuated the United Provinces and entered Westphalia by way of Enschede.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane

Kampen, nearer the mouth of the Yssel, close to Zwolle, is exceedingly well worth visiting.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.

On the Tabula Peutingeriana appear the “Chamavi qui et Pranci,” which should doubtless read “qui et Franci”; these Chamavi apparently dwelt between the Yssel and the Ems.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

That is true; but you must remember that this is the old Rhine,—the part which was dug out, robbed of the burden of its waters by the Yssel, the Leck, and the Waal.

From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver

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 Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham