Zuider Zee

American

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

noun

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

Zuider Zee British

/ ˈzœidər ˈzeː, ˈzaɪdə ˈziː /

noun

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

It might mean that the Germans were afraid of being cut off in the western Netherlands by an Allied push to the Zuider Zee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Near the Zuider Zee we had P-47s with us a while.

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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