Frisia
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin Frisia, from Frisii (“Frisians”).
Proper noun
[edit]Frisia
- (historical) A coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands (including present-day Frisia (see below)) and smaller parts of northern Germany (including present-day East Frisia). It is the traditional homeland of the Frisians.
- (exonym) Fryslân, a province of the Netherlands. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia.
- 1913, Municipal Journal, Public Works Engineer and Contractors' Guide, Volume 22, page 1166:
- 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.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]historical region
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Italian
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Frisia f
- Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Frīsiī (“the Frisians”).
Proper noun
[edit]Frīsia f sg (genitive Frīsiae); first declension
- Friesland (a region of Western Europe, straddling the Netherlands and Germany)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Frīsia |
| Genitive | Frīsiae |
| Dative | Frīsiae |
| Accusative | Frīsiam |
| Ablative | Frīsiā |
| Vocative | Frīsia |
Descendants
[edit]Spanish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Frisia f
- Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Frisia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- it:Friesland, Netherlands
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- es:Friesland, Netherlands
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