Frisian Islands
a chain of islands in the North Sea, extending along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark: includes groups belonging to the Netherlands (West Frisians ) and to Germany (East Frisians ) and a group divided between Germany and Denmark (North Frisians ).
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How to use Frisian Islands in a sentence
Nearly all the masculine population of the Frisian Islands were seamen prior to 1807.
Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill SempleI lived for ten days on a big rye loaf over in the Frisian Islands.'
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersHe sent for me and asked me a lot of questions, specially about Kiel and the Frisian Islands.
The Secret Service Submarine | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger GullThose are the Frisian Islands, and they stretch for 120 miles or so eastward.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
British Dictionary definitions for Frisian Islands
a chain of islands in the North Sea along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark: separated from the mainland by shallows
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