Meanings
- historicalA coastal geographical region in Western Europe, along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands (including the present-day province of Frisia; see below) and smaller parts of northern Germany (including present-day East Frisia). It is the traditional homeland of the Frisians.
Devoting himself to labour among the heathen, [Winfrid] crossed to Frisia, in 716; […]
1878, Philip Smith, The History of the Christian Church During the First Ten Centuries, page 519 - Fryslân, a province of the Netherlands. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia.
The three areas populated by Frisians today are the Dutch province of Frisia (West-Frisia), the German landscape East-Frisia […], and the German district North-Frisia […].
2005, Carl Skutsch, Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities, Routledge, →ISBN, page 4702 more examples
The population of the Province of Frisia, which is divided into eleven urban and thirty rural communes, is of a people of a distinct national character, who have never known feudalism and who attach a high importance to their independence and personal value, hard-working, and of a serious and grave character, with little sentiment for the past.
1913, Municipal Journal, Public Works Engineer and Contractors' Guide, Volume 22, page 1166Klein is celebrating the release of his new album Unity with an 18-stop, 35,000-ticket tour that doesn’t just loop in Frisia and Wallonia but also includes sold-out shows in London and LA […]
2025 March 11, Philip Oltermann, “‘If all I cared about was a career, I’d make listenable music’: Joost Klein on Eurovision, scandal and having the last laugh”, in The Guardian
Origin
- LatinFrisia
- EnglishFrisia
From Latin Frisia, from Frisii (“Frisians”). Mostly displaced native English Frise.
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Arabic فريزيا
- فريزيا (frīziyā)historical region
Catalan Frísia
- Frísiahistorical region
Czech Frísko
- Frískohistorical region
Dutch Friesland
- Frieslandhistorical region
Esperanto Frisio
- Frisiohistorical region
Finnish Friisinmaa
- Friisinmaahistorical region
French Frise
- Frisehistorical region
German Friesland
- Frieslandhistorical region
Greek Φρισία
- Φρισία (Frisía)historical region
Irish Freaslainn
- Freaslainnhistorical region
Italian Frisia
- Frisiahistorical region
Japanese フリジア, フリスラント
- フリジア (Furijia)historical region
- フリスラント (Furisuranto)historical region
Korean 프리지아, 프리슬란트
- 프리지아 (Peurijia)historical region
- 프리슬란트 (Peuriseullanteu)historical region
Latin Frisia, Magna Frisia
- Frisiahistorical region
- Magna Frisiahistorical region
Latvian Frīzija
- Frīzijahistorical region
Polish Fryzja
- Fryzjahistorical region
Portuguese Frísia
- Frísiahistorical region
Spanish Frisia
- Frisiahistorical region
Cite this entry
Frisia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frisia
“Frisia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frisia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frisia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frisia.
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