Wadden Sea
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque of Dutch Waddenzee, leaving Dutch wadden (“mudflats”) untranslated; compare with Danish Vadehavet and German Wattenmeer.
Proper noun
[edit]- A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.
Translations
[edit]Wadden Sea
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