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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Example Sentences

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

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

Lately, however, the Dutch have started an 8-year project to build 18 miles of main dykes 450 ft. wide, 25 ft. above Amsterdam's level to lock in the Zuider Zee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sixty miles of running fight, Finished at the dawning light, Off the Zuider Zee.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham