Frisia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Frisia, from Frisii (“Frisians”). Mostly displaced native English Frise. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Frisia (historical) A 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. (exonym) Fryslân, a province of the Netherlands. Also referred to as Friesland (using the Dutch vernacular endonym) and West Frisia. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Frisia. === Proper noun === Frisia f (historical) Frisia (a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany) (exonym) Frisia, Friesland (a province of the Netherlands) == Latin == === Etymology === From Frīsiī (“the Frisians”). === Proper noun === Frīsia f sg (genitive Frīsiae); first declension (historical) Frisia (a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: Frísia French: Frise Italian: Frisia Portuguese: Frísia Spanish: Frisia == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Frīsia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɾisja/ [ˈfɾi.sja] Rhymes: -isja Syllabification: Fri‧sia === Proper noun === Frisia f (historical) Frisia (a traditionally Frisian-speaking coastal Western Europe, politically split between Netherlands and Germany) (exonym) Frisia, Friesland (a province of the Netherlands) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Frisia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025