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Frisian or Friesian can refer to:

Ethnic groups and languages

• Frisians, an ethnic group inhabiting Frisia, a region on the western coasts of Germany and the Netherlands
• Frisian languages, including:
  • West Frisian language, spoken in Friesland, Netherlands
  • Saterland Frisian language, spoken in Lower Saxony, Germany
  • North Frisian language, spoken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Middle Frisian, spoken in Frisia from the 16th to 19th Century
  • Old Frisian, spoken in Frisia from the 8th to 16th Century

Animal breeds

• Friesian horse, a horse breed from Friesland
• Friesian cross, a cross of the Friesian horse with any other breed
• Friesian Sporthorse, a type of Frisian cross, bred specifically for sport horse disciplines
• Friesian or Holstein (cattle), a widespread black-and-white breed of dairy cattle

Other

• Frisian horse or cheval de frise, a type of military barrier
• Frisian School, a school of philosophy based on the works of Jakob Friedrich Fries
• Frisian Solar Challenge, a solar-powered boat race
• Friesan Fire, a horse that ran in the 2009 Kentucky Derby

See also

• East Frisian (disambiguation)

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From Wikitravel

Frisian is a language spoken in The Netherlands. It is the language of Friesland, a north-based province in The Netherlands. Next to Dutch, it is the official language of the country.

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

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West Frisian

Wikipedia

English

Proper noun

Frisian

1. the language group (West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian) spoken by many people in the Dutch province of Friesland, some people in Northern Germany and in some parts of Denmark, mainly west coast
2. (Netherlands) the West Frisian language
3. an alternate name for the West Frisian language, widely used in informal speech and writing, or where context makes the meaning unambiguous. (Compare: America, when synonymous with the United States of America.)

Usage notes

Some linguists consider West Frisian, Saterland Frisian, and North Frisian to be varieties of a single language called “Frisian”. As they are not mutually intelligible, other linguists and the speakers consider them to be separate languages in a language group called “Frisian”. East Frisian is a West Low German dialect.

Translations

Please distinguish between the Frisian language group, the West Frisian language (sometimes known as "Frisian"), and the West Frisian dialect.

• Icelandic: frísneska f.
• Spanish: frisón m.
• Swedish: frisiska c.

Noun

Frisian (plural Frisians)

1. a person stemming from the Dutch province of Friesland

Translations

Adjective

Frisian

1. Of, or pertaining to, the Dutch province of Friesland, the Frisian people or the Frisian language

Translations

See also

West Frisian edition of Wiktionary

• The West Frisian Wikipedia

• The Saterland Frisian Wikipedia

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Western Frisian, fri
• Ethnologue entry for Northern Frisian, frr
• Ethnologue entry for Saterland Frisian, stq
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Frisian, frs

  Note: Ethnologue was published before ISO 639-3 was corrected. The new ISO 639-3 code is “fry”.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of afiinrs
• infairs