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Friesland

[ freez-luhnd; Dutch frees-lahnt ]

noun

  1. a province in the N Netherlands. 1,431 sq. mi. (3,705 sq. km). : Leeuwarden.


Friesland

/ ˈfriːzlənd; ˈfriːslɑnt /

noun

  1. a province of the N Netherlands, on the IJsselmeer and the North Sea: includes four of the West Frisian Islands; flat, with sand dunes and fens (under reclamation), canals, and lakes. Capital: Leeuwarden. Pop: 640 000 (2003 est). Area: 3319 sq km (1294 sq miles) Official and Frisian nameFryslân
  2. an area comprising the province of Friesland in the Netherlands along with the regions of East Friesland and North Friesland in Germany
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He is taking part in one of the toughest sporting tests there is - skating nearly 125 miles on uneven natural ice through the bleak, winter landscape of the Dutch province of Friesland.

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For two years, they hid in the farmhouse of a Dutch couple, Klaas and Roefina Post, in Friesland, in northern Holland.

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Earlier this month in the north, badgers also burrowed below the railway tracks near Molkwerum in the Friesland province, causing services on one line to be suspended until next month.

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Earlier this month, badgers also burrowed under tracks near the northern village of Molkwerum in Friesland province, knocking a line out of service until next month while workers seek permission to shift the animals.

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It was a late February evening in 2020, and I was standing in the marshlands of Friesland, a northern province in the Netherlands.

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