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Friesland (general region) |
Note: Area along the North Sea, corresponding to modern north Netherlands and northwest Germany; was homeland to Germanic Frisian tribe, conquered by Franks 8th century BCE; eastern part became Ostfriesland (Germany) and western portion went to counts of Holland in 1454, then to Burgundy. |
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Friesland (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Friesland (Dutch-P,U,N)
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Vriesland (C,V,English,U,N)
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Frisia (H,V,Latin-P,U,N)
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Frisian (C,V,English,U,A)
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general region (preferred, C) |
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nation (H) |
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at time of Frankish empire |
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