Zuider Zee

American  

[zahy-der zey, zee, zœi-duhr zey] / ˈzaɪ dər ˈzeɪ, ˈzi, ˈzœɪ dər ˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a former shallow inlet of the North Sea in central Netherlands.

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Zuider Zee British  

/ ˈzœidər ˈzeː, ˈzaɪdə ˈziː /

noun

1. a former inlet of the North Sea in the N coast of the Netherlands sealed off from the sea by a dam in 1932, dividing it into the Waddenzee and the freshwater IJsselmeer, with several large reclaimed areas

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Zuider Zee

Zuider Zee has not been at his best this year, but anything close to his dead-heat for fourth place with Times Up at Sandown in May should get him home comfortably this afternoon.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2012

Super-Super-Whale A mammoth boat hull surmounted by a great stretching wing pushed through the haze over Amsterdam one afternoon last week and settled its 30 tons with astounding gentleness upon the Zuider Zee.

From Time Magazine Archive

The traveler who went to Hoorn on the Zuider Zee was face to face with a warning.

From Time Magazine Archive

The broad highway from the Zuider Zee topped a beech-trimmed ridge, then dropped into the town.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the only thing we can do is to try to find some coasting vessel to carry us out of the Zuider Zee into the North Sea and make a port in England.

From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)