Zuider Zee

[ zahy-der zey, zee; Dutch zœi-duhr zey ]

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noun

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

Zuider Zee

/ ˈzœidər ˈzeː; ˈzaɪdə ˈziː /

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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He had often dreamed of her smiles, her pretty blue eyes, and her fleecy hair floating in the breezes of the Zuider Zee.

The southern extremity of a great shoal near the mouth of the Zuider Zee, northeast of the island of Wieringen.

In 1170 a great flood caused immense devastation in the north and helped to form the Zuider Zee.

A full recital would set all young America rushing in a body toward the Zuider Zee.

These are two very small islands at the opening of the Zuider zee.

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