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(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. quotations
Devoting himself to labour among the heathen, [Winfrid] crossed to Frisia, in 716; […]
1878, Philip Smith, The History of the Christian Church During the First Ten Centuries, page 519
(exonym) Fryslân, a province of the Netherlands. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia. quotations examples
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, Municipal Journal, Public Works Engineer and Contractors' Guide, Volume 22, page 1166
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, Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities, Routledge, page 470