Zuyder Zee

[ zahy-der zey, zee; Dutch zœi-duhr zey ]

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noun

Zuyder Zee

/ ˈzaɪdə ˈziː; ˈzœidər ˈzeː /

His fame as a painter was established from the Mediterranean to the Zuyder Zee.

The weather had been still and steamy; but it broke up finely now, and we had a rattling three-reef sail to the Zuyder Zee.'

This river is near Medemblik on the Zuyder-zee, and I suppose that the name of the place is corrupted from it.

Many a day has the story-teller wandered along the dykes, which overlook the Zuyder Zee.

As noted above the gigantic task of draining the Zuyder Zee has already been started.

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