Frisia

Frísia frisia English Etymology From en la Frisia, from la Frisii Frisians. Mostly displaced native en Frise. Pronunciation en /ˈfrɪ.zɪ.ə/ /ˈfriː.ʒə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Frisia.wav Southern England en ɪziə iːʒə 1 Proper noun en Q4492881en historical en A coastal <<geographical region>> in <<r/Western Europe>>, along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the <<c:also/Netherlands>> (including the present-day province of Frisia; see below) and smaller parts of northern <<c/Germany>> (including present-day East Frisia) a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal <<geographic region> in <<r/Western Europe>>, politically split between <<c:also/Netherlands,Germany>>. It is the traditional homeland of the Frisians. en The History of the Christian Church During the First Ten Centuries Devoting himself to labour among the heathen, Saint Boniface [Winfrid] crossed to Frisia, in 716; Philip Smith 519 https://books.google.nl/books?id=XIoXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA519 1878 en Q770en exonym en Fryslân, a <<province>> of the <<c/Netherlands>> a <<province>> of the <<c/Netherlands>> + Friesland. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia. en Municipal Journal, Public Works Engineer and Contractors' Guide, Volume 22 The population of the Province of Frisia, which is divided into eleven urban and thirty rural communes, is of a people of a distinct national character, who have never known feudalism and who attach a high importance to their independence and personal value, hard-working, and of a serious and grave character, with little sentiment for the past. 1913 1166 en Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities The three areas populated by Frisians today are the Dutch province of Frisia (West-Frisia), the German landscape East-Frisia , and the German district North-Frisia . 2005 Carl Skutsch 470 https://books.google.nl/books?id=yXYKAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA470&dq=province%20frisia&pg=PA470#v=onepage&q&f=false 1-57958-392-X Routledge en Klein is celebrating the release of his new album Unity with an 18-stop, 35,000-ticket tour that doesn’t just loop in Frisia and Wallonia but also includes sold-out shows in London and LA Philip Oltermann ‘If all I cared about was a career, I’d make listenable music’: Joost Klein on Eurovision, scandal and having the last laugh The Guardian 11 March 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/11/joost-klein-eurovision-scandal-europapa Derived terms en North Frisia West Frisia Frisian Related terms en Friso-Saxon Translations historical region Arabic: ar فريزيا frīziyā f Asturian: ast Frisia Breton: br Frizia f, br Friz f Catalan: ca Frísia f Czech: cs Frísko n Dutch: nl Friesland n Esperanto: eo Frisio Finnish: fi Friisinmaa French: fr Frise f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Fraschlönj n Saterland Frisian: stq Fräislound n West Frisian: fy Fryslân n German: de Friesland n Greek: el Φρισία Irish: ga Freaslainn f Italian: it Frisia f Japanese: ja フリジア Furijia, ja フリスラント Furisuranto Korean: ko 프리지아 Peurijia, ko 프리슬란트 Peuriseullanteu Latin: la Frisia f, la Magna Frisia f Latvian: lv Frīzija f Occitan: oc Frísia f Polish: pl Fryzja f Portuguese: pt Frísia f Sardinian: sc Frìsia f Scots: sco Frisie Spanish: es Frisia f Italian Etymology it :lbor la:Frisia it la Frisia. Proper noun f it Frisia Q4492881,Q770 it exonyms Latin Etymology From la Frīsiī the Frisians. Proper noun Frīsia<1> la Frisia Q4492881 Declension Frīsia<1> Descendants ca Frísia fr Frise it Frisia pt Frísia es Frisia Spanish Etymology es :lbor la:Frīsia + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun f es Frisia Q4492881,Q770 Related terms es frisio frisón Further reading es exonyms