FRISIAN ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Frisian Islands mean? 

• FRISIAN ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun FRISIAN ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland

  Familiarity information: FRISIAN ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRISIAN ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Holonyms ("Frisian Islands" is a part of...):

Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)