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

A small settlement exists in The Netherlands on land reclaimed from the Zuider Zee.

From Time Magazine Archive

As far as written history records, the Zuider Zee of the Netherlands was until 1395 a fresh-water lake.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm was reported to have terminated his visit to Doom and to have returned to his island home at Wieringen, off the coast of North Holland in the Zuider Zee.

From Time Magazine Archive

HARDERWYK, a seaport in the province of Gelderland, Holland, on the shores of the Zuider Zee, 17 m. by rail N.N.E. of Amersfoort.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various