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adj
Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
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adj
Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border).
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adj
Of or relating to people of Frisian descent.
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adj
Of, from or relating to West Frisia, i.e. the Dutch province of Friesland
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A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
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A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
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A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
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noun
A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
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noun
A native or inhabitant of the Dutch province of Friesland.
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adjective
of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia
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noun
a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
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Broader terms: West Germanic, West Germanic language
Narrower terms: Old Frisian
noun
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Dutch, Dutch people
History
From Middle English Frisoun, taken from Old French frison (“a Frisian”), itself derived from Latin Frīsiī (“Frisians”). Displaced native Old English Frīsa (“a Frisian”) whence modern English Frise; see the plural Frīsan for more.
Across languages
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