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What does Frisian mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands and Germany.
    1. (specifically) The West Frisian lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
    2. (specifically) Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
    3. (specifically) The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, southwest of the Danish-German border.
Noun
  1. A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
  2. A person who is from or who has long resided in the Dutch province of Friesland.
Adjective
  1. Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
  2. Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Frisia; to people of Frisian descent.
  3. Of or relating to the region of Frisia.
  4. Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of the Dutch province of Friesland.
  5. Of or relating to the Dutch province of Friesland.
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