FRISIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Frisia mean? 

• FRISIA (noun)
  The noun FRISIA has 1 sense:

1. an ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands

  Familiarity information: FRISIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRISIA (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)