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By the end of the sixth century, Frisian territory had expanded westward to the North Sea coast and, in the seventh century, southward down to Dorestad. This farthest extent of Frisian territory is sometimes referred to as Frisia Magna. Early Frisia was ruled by a High King, with the earliest reference to a 'Frisian King' being dated 678. [21]
Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480–1520), Frisian freedom fighter and folk hero; founder of the Arumer Black Heap Ennik Somi Douma (stage name Jeon Somi, born 2001), South Korean-Canadian singer Lenny Dykstra , Major League baseball player for the New York Mets (1985–1989) and Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1996)
The other Frisian languages, meanwhile, have been influenced by Low German and German. Stadsfries and West Frisian Dutch are not Frisian, but Dutch dialects influenced by West Frisian. Frisian is called Frysk in West Frisian, Fräisk in Saterland Frisian, [6] and Friisk, fresk, freesk, frasch, fräisch, and freesch in the varieties of North ...
The Frisian Kingdom (West Frisian: Fryske Keninkryk) is a modern name for the post-Roman Frisian realm in Western Europe in the period when it was at its largest (650–734). This dominion was ruled by kings and emerged in the mid-7th century and probably ended with the Battle of the Boarn in 734 when the Frisians were defeated by the Frankish ...
Frisian(s) most often refers to: Frisia, a cross-border coastal region in Germany and the Netherlands Frisians, the medieval and modern ethnic group inhabiting Frisia Frisii, the ancient inhabitants of Frisia prior to 600 AD; Frisian languages, a group of West Germanic languages, including: Old Frisian, spoken in Frisia from the 8th to 16th Century
Frisian Americans are Americans with full or partial Frisian ancestry. Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany . They are closely related to the Dutch, Northern Germans, and the English and speak Frisian languages divided by geographical regions.
Frisian people by occupation (5 C) D. Frisian diaspora (1 C, 2 P) F. Frisian families (2 C) People from Friesland (42 C, 17 P) G. German Frisians (1 C ...
I am interested in Frisian geography and culture. (21 May 2016) Bermicourt (talk · contribs) I'm a translator. I created the East Frisia portal and interested in its history and geography. (5 December 2012) Dthomsen8 (talk · contribs) I drove across the Frisian Islands in 1968, and now I want to contribute to this project (8 July 2019)