Frisia
Sign in to saveFrisia () is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. Wider definitions of "Frisia" may include the island of Rem and the other Danish Wadden Sea Islands. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Germanic ethnic group.
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Frisia is a cultural region spanning northwestern Europe along the Wadden Sea, covering northern Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany, and traditionally inhabited by the Frisian people, a West Germanic ethnic group. It matters as a distinct cultural and geographic area with its own ethnic identity, though its exact boundaries can vary depending on different definitions.
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Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Frisia
- Country.common_name
- Frisia
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- Frisia map.svg
- Country.map_caption
- Location of Frisia in the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany
- Country.largest_city
- Leeuwarden
- Country.languages_type
- Regional languages
- Country.languages2_type
- Dialects
- Country.languages2_sub
- yes
- Country.demonym
- Frisian
- Country.sovereignty_type
- Integrated parts
- Country.area_km2
- 9378.7
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- Narrow sense
Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Subdivisions
- History
- Roman era
- Early Middle Ages
- Upstalsboom League
- 15th century
- Modern age
- Frisian territories
- Contemporary regionalism
- Regional political parties
- Languages
- Maps
- Flag
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Frisia () is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. Wider definitions of "Frisia" may include the island of Rem and the other Danish Wadden Sea Islands. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Germanic ethnic group.
== Etymology == The contemporary name for the region stems from Latin , an ethnonym used for a group of ancient tribes in modern-day Northwestern Germany, possibly being a loanword of Proto-Germanic *frisaz, meaning "curly, crisp", presumably referring to the hair of the tribesmen. In some areas, the local translation of "Frisia" is used to refer to another subregion. On the North Frisian islands, for instance, "Frisia" and "Frisians" refer to (the inhabitants of) mainland North Frisia. In Saterland Frisian, the term Fräislound specifically refers to Ostfriesland.