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FRISIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Frisia"):
Friesland (the western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands)
Holonyms ("Frisia" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
Derivation:
Frisian (of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia)
