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This article is about West Frisia in the wider sense. For other meanings of "West Friesland", see
197: 82: 66: 98: 114: 110: 152:". At the time, the region between the Vlie and the Lauwers was known as "Middle Frisia". 461: 291: 268: 8: 340: 286: 215: 126: 416: 53:) is a term that, when used in an international context, refers to the traditionally 219: 412: 81:. Within the Netherlands, however, it is mostly used to refer to the region of 46: 455: 380: 367: 281: 201: 133: 70: 408: 62: 264: 122: 77:. In its narrowest sense, the term is synonymous with the province of 245: 101:, the term "West Frisia" usually refers to the territory between the 78: 400: 226: 222: 54: 145: 141: 106: 94: 58: 74: 149: 182: 137: 102: 132:
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Rough outline of the four counties of Frisia east of the
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and the region of West Friesland. In West Friesland, the
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West Friesland (disambiguation)


Latin
Frisian
Dollart
Netherlands
East Frisia
North Frisia
Frisia
Friesland
West Friesland
Germany
English-speaking world
Vlie
Lauwers
West Frisian language
West Frisian
Ommelanden
West Frisian dialect
Lex Frisionum
Zwin
Holland
Zeeland
Weser
Division of Frisia by the Lex Frisionum
Rough outline of the four counties of Frisia east of the Vlie
Vlie
Historical region of West Friesland in North Holland
West Friesland

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