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A31 motorway (Netherlands)
The A31 / N31 is a motorway and an expressway in the Netherlands.
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A32 motorway (Netherlands)
The A32 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands connecting Meppel, via Heerenveen to Leeuwarden.
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A6 motorway (Netherlands)
The A6 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands.
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A7 motorway (Netherlands)
The A7 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands connecting Zaandam, via the Afsluitdijk, Sneek and Groningen to the German border near Bad Nieuweschans.
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Abe Lenstra Stadion
Abe Lenstra Stadion is a football stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
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Achtkarspelen
Achtkarspelen is a municipality in Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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Akkrum railway station
Akkrum is a railway station located in Akkrum, Netherlands.
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Albert III, Duke of Saxony
Albert III (Albrecht) (27 January 144312 September 1500) was a Duke of Saxony.
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Aldgisl
Aldegisel, Aldegisl, Aldgillis, Aldgisl, Aldgils or Eadgils (fl. c. 678) was the ruler of Frisia (as king or duke) in the late seventh century contemporarily with Dagobert II and a very obscure figure.
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Almere (lake)
Lake Almere was an inland lake in the place of today's IJsselmeer in the center of the Netherlands.
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Ameland
Ameland (West Frisian: It Amelân) is a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands.
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Ameland Airport
Ameland Airport (Vliegveld Ameland), also known as Ameland Airport Ballum, is a small general aviation airport located near the town of Ballum on the western part of the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands in the Netherlands.
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Angles
The Angles (Angli) were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period.
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Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
The Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Arnhem to Leeuwarden, passing through Deventer, Zwolle and Heerenveen.
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Arno Brok
Arnoud Adrianus Maria "Arno" Brok (born 29 July 1968) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) serving as the King's Commissioner of Friesland since 1 March 2017.
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Arumer Zwarte Hoop
The Arumer Zwarte Hoop, meaning "Black Heap of Arum" (Swarte Heap) was an army of peasant rebels and mercenaries in Friesland fighting against the Habsburg authorities from 1515 to 1523.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.
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Ætheling
Ætheling (also spelt Aetheling, Atheling or Etheling) was an Old English term (æþeling) used in Anglo-Saxon England to designate princes of the royal dynasty who were eligible for the kingship.
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Ballum
Ballum is a village on the western half of the island of Ameland and the smallest of the total of four villages on the island, one of the West Frisian Islands and part of the Netherlands.
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Batavian Revolution
The Batavian Revolution (De Bataafse Revolutie) was a political, social and cultural turmoil at the end of the 18th century that marked the end of the Dutch Republic and saw the proclamation of the Batavian Republic.
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Battle of Dorestad
The Battle of Dorested was a 7th-century battle between the Franks and the Frisians.
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Battle of Norditi
The Battle of Norditi (Schlacht bei Norditi), Battle of Nordendi (Schlacht von Nordendi) or Battle of Hilgenried Bay (Schlacht an der Hilgenrieder Bucht) was a battle between a Frisian army under Archbishop Rimbert of Bremen-Hamburg and an army of Danish Vikings in 884, which resulted in the complete withdrawal of the Vikings from East Frisia.
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Battle of the Boarn
The Battle of the Boarn (Slach oan de Boarn Slag aan de Boorne) was an eighth century battle between the Franks and the Frisians near the mouth of the river Boarn in what is now the Dutch province of Friesland.
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Black Band (landsknechts)
The Black Band was a formation of 16th century mercenaries, largely pikemen, probably serving as Landsknechts.
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Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen) is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just "Bremen" for short), a federal state of Germany.
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Bruges
Bruges (Brugge; Bruges; Brügge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country.
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Bubo, Duke of the Frisians
Bubo (died 734), also spelled Bobbo, Poppo or Popo, was the pagan duke (''dux'') of the Frisians in the early eighth century.
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Buitenpost railway station
Buitenpost is a railway station located in Buitenpost, Netherlands.
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Cambuur Stadion
The Cambuurstadion is a football stadium in the east side of the city of Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
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Capital city
A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.
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Carolingian dynasty
The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family founded by Charles Martel with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Charlemagne
Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Karl der Große, Carlo Magno; 2 April 742 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor from 800.
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Charles II, Duke of Guelders
Charles II (9 November 1467 – 30 June 1538) was a member of the House of Egmond who ruled as Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen from 1492 until his death.
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Charles Martel
Charles Martel (c. 688 – 22 October 741) was a Frankish statesman and military leader who as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death.
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (Carlos; Karl; Carlo; Karel; Carolus; 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and the Spanish Empire (as Charles I of Spain) from 1516, as well as of the lands of the former Duchy of Burgundy from 1506.
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Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl,; CDA) is a Christian-democratic political party in the Netherlands.
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Christian Union (Netherlands)
The Christian Union (ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.
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COROP
A COROP region is a regional area within the Netherlands.
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Count
Count (Male) or Countess (Female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility.
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County of Holland
The County of Holland was a State of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1432 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1648 onward, Holland was the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
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Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, commonly known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante (c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages.
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Dantumadiel
Dantumadiel (West Frisian, official since January 1, 2009, Dantumadeel) is a municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the Netherlands.
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De Alde Feanen National Park
Alde Feanen National Park is a national park in the Netherlands province of Friesland.
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De Alde Friezen
"De Alde Friezen" ("The Old Frisians") is the anthem of the Friesland province of the Netherlands.
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De Fryske Marren
De Fryske Marren is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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De Westereen railway station
De Westereen is a railway station located in De Westereen, Netherlands.
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Deinum railway station
Deinum is a railway station located in Deinum, Netherlands.
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Democrats 66
Democrats 66 (Democraten 66, D66,; officially Politieke Partij Democraten 66) is a social-liberal political party in the Netherlands.
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Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) is a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321.
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Dokkum
Dokkum is a Dutch fortified town in the municipality of Dongeradeel in the province of Friesland.
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Dongeradeel
Dongeradeel (West Frisian: Dongeradiel) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands.
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Drachten
Drachten is a town in the municipality of Smallingerland in the Netherlands.
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Drachten Airfield
Drachten Airfield (Dutch: Vliegveld Drachten) is a small general aviation airfield in the Netherlands located in the province of Friesland, northeast of Drachten.
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Drenthe
Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country.
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Drents-Friese Wold National Park
The Drents-Friese Wold National Park is a national park in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Drenthe, covering more than, founded in 2000.
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Dronryp railway station
Dronryp is a railway station located in Dronryp, Netherlands.
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Dutch language
The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.
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Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch Low Saxon (Nederlands Nedersaksisch; Dutch Low Saxon: Nederlaands Leegsaksies) are the Low Saxon dialects that are spoken in the northeastern Netherlands and are written there with local, unstandardised orthographies based on Standard Dutch orthography.
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Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic was a republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from the Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
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Dutch Revolt
The Dutch Revolt (1568–1648)This article adopts 1568 as the starting date of the war, as this was the year of the first battles between armies.
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Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages or Early Medieval Period, typically regarded as lasting from the 5th or 6th century to the 10th century CE, marked the start of the Middle Ages of European history.
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East Frisia
East Frisia or Eastern Friesland (Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfreesland; Oost-Friesland) is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
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East Frisian Low Saxon
East Frisian Low German or East Frisian Low Saxon is one of the Friso-Saxon dialects, a West Low German dialect spoken in the East Frisian peninsula of northwestern Lower Saxony.
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Eastergoa
Eastergoa (also Ostergau, Ostergo, or Oostergo) was one of the seven areas and one of the three Gaue within what is today the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
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Ebroin
Ebroin (died 680 or 681) was the Frankish mayor of the palace of Neustria on two occasions; firstly from 658 to his deposition in 673 and secondly from 675 to his death in 680 or 681.
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Elfstedentocht
The Elfstedentocht (West Frisian: Alvestêdetocht, English: Eleven cities tour) is a skating tour, almost long, which is held both as a speed skating competition (with 300 contestants) and a leisure tour (with 16,000 skaters).
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Emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere.
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European route E22
The European route E 22 is one of the longest European routes.
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Farm crisis
A farm crisis describes times of agricultural recession, low crop prices and low farm incomes.
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Feanwâlden railway station
Feanwâlden is a railway station located in Feanwâlden, Netherlands.
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Ferwerderadiel
Ferwerderadiel is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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Feudalism
Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.
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Fierljeppen
Fierljeppen (West-Frisian compound of fier—"far" and ljeppen—"leaping") or polsstokverspringen is a traditional sport of the West Frisian people in the Dutch province of Friesland.
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First French Empire
The First French Empire (Empire Français) was the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte of France and the dominant power in much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Flanders
Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.
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Flevoland
Flevoland is the twelfth and last province of the Netherlands, established on 1 January 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders were merged into one provincial entity.
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Franeker
Franeker (Frjentsjer) is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Waadhoeke.
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Franeker railway station
Franeker is a railway station located in Franeker, Netherlands.
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Franekeradeel
Franekeradeel (Frentsjerteradiel) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands.
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Friesch Dagblad
The Friesch Dagblad is a Dutch daily newspaper founded in 1903.
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Friesian horse
The Friesian (also Frizian) is a horse breed originating in Friesland, in the Netherlands.
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Frise (department)
Frise was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.
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Frisia
Frisia (Fryslân, Dutch and Friesland) is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands, including modern Friesland, and smaller parts of northern Germany.
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Frisian freedom
Friese freedom or freedom of the Frisians (West Frisian Fryske frijheid) was the absence of feudalism and serfdom in Frisia, the area that was originally inhabited by the Frisians.
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Frisian handball
Frisian handball (keatsen; kaatsen) is a traditional Frisian sport, related to American handball and fives, that is most commonly practiced by people from the northern Dutch province of Friesland (Fryslân).
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Frisian National Party
The Frisian National Party (West Frisian: Fryske Nasjonale Partij; Friese Nationale Partij, FNP) is a Frisian nationalist political party in the Netherlands.
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Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group indigenous to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany.
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Frisii
The Frisii were an ancient Germanic tribe living in the low-lying region between the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and the River Ems, and the presumed or possible ancestors of the modern-day ethnic Frisians.
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Friso-Hollandic Wars
The Friso-Hollandic Wars, also called Frisian-Hollandic Wars (Fries-Hollandse Oorlogen, West Frisian: Frysk-Hollânske oarloggen), were a series of short medieval wars (ranging from single battles to entire campaigns) consisting of the attempts made by the counts of Holland to conquer the free Frisian territories, which lay to the north and east of their domain.
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Fryske Akademy
The Fryske Akademy, founded in 1938, is the scientific centre for research and education concerning Friesland (Fryslân in West Frisian) and its people, language and culture, this in its broadest sense.
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Georg Schenck van Toutenburg
Georg Schenck van Toutenburg (German - Georg Schenk von Tautenburg) (1480 – 2 February 1540) was Stadhouder of Friesland (1521-1540).
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George de Lalaing, Count of Rennenberg
George de Lalaing count Rennenberg (c. 1550 – 23 July 1581), was stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel in the service of Philip II of Spain from 1577 to 1581.
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Germania (book)
The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (De Origine et situ Germanorum), was a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.
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GroenLinks
GroenLinks (GreenLeft, GrienLinks, GL) is a green political party in the Netherlands.
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Groningen (province)
Groningen (Gronings: Grunn; Grinslân) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands.
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Grou-Jirnsum railway station
Grou-Jirnsum is a railway station located between Grou and Jirnsum, Netherlands.
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Guelders
Guelders or Gueldres (Gelre, Geldern) is a historical county, later duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.
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Habsburg Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands is the collective name of Holy Roman Empire fiefs in the Low Countries held by the House of Habsburg and later by the Spanish Empire, also known as the Spanish Netherlands.
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Harlingen Haven railway station
Harlingen Haven (abbreviation: Hlgh) is an unstaffed railway station in Harlingen, Netherlands.
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Harlingen railway station
Harlingen is a railway station located in Harlingen, Netherlands.
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Harlingen, Netherlands
Harlingen (West Frisian: Harns) is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland on the coast of Wadden Sea.
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Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen to Bad Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen.
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Heerenveen
Heerenveen (It Hearrenfean) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslan), in the north of the Netherlands.
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Heerenveen IJsstadion railway station
Heerenveen IJsstadion (English: Heerenveen Ice Stadium) is a small railway station located in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
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Heerenveen railway station
Heerenveen is the main railway station in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
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Hell
Hell, in many religious and folkloric traditions, is a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife.
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Het Bildt
het Bildt is a former municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands; its capital was Sint Annaparochie.
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Hindeloopen railway station
Hindeloopen is a railway station near Hindeloopen, Netherlands.
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Holstein Friesian cattle
Holstein Friesians (often shortened to Holsteins in North America, while the term Friesians is often used in the UK) are a breed of dairy cattle originating from the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Friesland, and Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany and Jutland.
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House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (traditionally spelled Hapsburg in English), also called House of Austria was one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses of Europe.
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House of Orange-Nassau
The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau), a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands and Europe especially since William the Silent organized the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) led to an independent Dutch state.
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Hurdegaryp railway station
Hurdegaryp (called Hardegarijp until 1999) is a railway station located in Hurdegaryp, Netherlands.
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Ice skating
Ice skating is the act of motion by wearer of the ice skates to propel the participant across a sheet of ice.
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IJlst railway station
IJlst is a railway station serving IJlst, Netherlands.
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IJsselmeer
The IJsselmeer (West Frisian language: Iselmar), is a closed off inland bay in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland.
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ISO 3166-2:NL
ISO 3166-2:NL is the entry for the Netherlands in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
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Joure
Joure (West Frisian: De Jouwer) is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland.
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Jutes
The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutæ were a Germanic people.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.
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King's Commissioner
The King’s Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koning, abbreviated to CvdK) is the head of a province in the Netherlands.
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Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland
Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland (Frisian: Kollumerlân en Nijkrúslân), officially abbreviated as Kollumerland c.a. is a municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland.
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Koudum-Molkwerum railway station
Koudum-Molkwerum is a railway station located near Molkwerum and Koudum, Netherlands.
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Labour Party (Netherlands)
The Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid,, abbreviated as PvdA, or P van de A) is a social-democratic political party in the Netherlands.
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Laeti
Laeti, the plural form of laetus, was a term used in the late Roman Empire to denote communities of barbari ("barbarians") i.e. foreigners, or people from outside the Empire, permitted to settle on, and granted land in, imperial territory on condition that they provide recruits for the Roman military.
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Lauwers
The Lauwers is a river in the Netherlands.
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Lauwersmeer National Park
Lauwersmeer National Park (Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer) is a national park in the provinces of Friesland and Groningen in the Netherlands.
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Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (longname), Stadsfries: Liwwadden) is a city and municipality in Friesland in the Netherlands. It is the provincial capital and seat of the States of Friesland. The municipality has a population of 122,293. The region has been continuously inhabited since the 10th century. It came to be known as Leeuwarden in the early 9th century AD and was granted city privileges in 1435. It is the main economic hub of Friesland, situated in a green and water-rich environment. Leeuwarden is a former royal residence and has a historic city center, many historically relevant buildings, and a large shopping center with squares and restaurants. Leeuwarden was awarded the title European Capital of Culture for 2018. The Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), an ice skating tour passing the eleven cities of Friesland, started and finished in Leeuwarden. The following towns and villages within the municipality have populations in excess of 1,000 people: Leeuwarden, Stiens, Grou, Goutum, Wergea, Jirnsum, Reduzum, and Wirdum. The municipality is governed by the mayor Ferd Crone and a coalition of the Labour Party, Christian Democratic Appeal, and GreenLeft.
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Leeuwarden Air Base
Leeuwarden Air Base (Vliegbasis Leeuwarden) is a military airbase used by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) - Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu),.
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Leeuwarden Camminghaburen railway station
Leeuwarden Camminghaburen is a suburb railway station in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
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Leeuwarden railway station
Leeuwarden is the main railway station in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
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Leeuwarder Courant
The Leeuwarder Courant is the oldest daily newspaper in the Netherlands.
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Leeuwarderadeel
Leeuwarderadeel (West Frisian: Ljouwerteradiel) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands.
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Lemmer
Lemmer is a town in the municipality of De Fryske Marren (province of Friesland), in the Netherlands.
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List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands
The Governor (Landvoogd) or Governor-General (Gouverneur-Generaal) ruled the Habsburg Netherlands as a representative of the Dukes of Burgundy (until 1506), the Kings of Castile (1506-1598; 1621-1706), and the Archdukes of Austria (1716-1794).
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List of municipalities of the Netherlands
As of January 2018, there are 380 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten) and 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen), also referred to as special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten), in the Netherlands.
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List of national parks of the Netherlands
National parks in the Netherlands were defined in the 1960s as areas of at least 10 km² consisting of natural terrains, water and/or forests, with a special landscape and flora and fauna.
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List of windmills in Friesland
A list of windmills in the Dutch province of Friesland.
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Littenseradiel
Littenseradiel is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands.
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Lordship of Frisia
The Lordship of Frisia or Lordship of Friesland (Hearlikheid Fryslân, Heerlijkheid Friesland) was a feudal dominion in the Netherlands.
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Low German
Low German or Low Saxon (Plattdütsch, Plattdüütsch, Plattdütsk, Plattduitsk, Nedersaksies; Plattdeutsch, Niederdeutsch; Nederduits) is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands.
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Maarten van Rossum
Maarten van Rossum (c. 1478 – June 7, 1555) was a Dutch military tactician who became field marshal in the service of Charles, Duke of Guelders.
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Mantgum railway station
Mantgum is a railway station in Mantgum, Netherlands.
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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death, though he was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was always too risky.
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Mayor of the Palace
Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace (maior palatii) or majordomo (maior domus) was the manager of the household of the Frankish king.
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Medemblik
Medemblik is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
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Menameradiel
Menameradiel (Dutch: Menaldumadeel) is a former municipality in Friesland, the Netherlands.
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Migration Period
The Migration Period was a period during the decline of the Roman Empire around the 4th to 6th centuries AD in which there were widespread migrations of peoples within or into Europe, mostly into Roman territory, notably the Germanic tribes and the Huns.
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Mudflat hiking
Mudflat hiking (Vadehavsvandring, Wadlopen, West Frisian: Waadrinnen, Wattwandern) is a recreation enjoyed by Dutch, Germans, Danes, and others in the Netherlands, northwest Germany and in Denmark.
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Muslim
A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.
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Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.
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North Frisia
North Frisia or Northern Friesland is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located primarily in Germany between the rivers Eider and Wiedau/Vidå.
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North Frisian language
North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia.
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North Holland
North Holland (Noord-Holland, West Frisian Dutch: Noard-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands located in the northwestern part of the country.
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North Sea
The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.
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Omrop Fryslân
Omrop Fryslân is a special broadcaster on the NPO which serves the Frisian community.
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Ooststellingwerf
Ooststellingwerf is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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Opsterland
Opsterland (Opsterlân) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
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Overijssel
Overijssel (Dutch Low Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province of the Netherlands in the central-eastern part of the country.
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Party for Freedom
The Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) is a Dutch nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.
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Peace of Münster
The Peace of Münster was a treaty between the Lords States General of the United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown, the terms of which were agreed on 30 January 1648.
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands.
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Philip II of Spain
Philip II (Felipe II; 21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), called "the Prudent" (el Prudente), was King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples and Sicily (both from 1554), and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland (during his marriage to Queen Mary I from 1554–58).
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Pier Gerlofs Donia
Pier Gerlofs Donia (ca. 1480 – 28 October 1520) was a Frisian rebel leader and pirate.
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Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder (born Gaius Plinius Secundus, AD 23–79) was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and friend of emperor Vespasian.
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Politics of the Netherlands
The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state.
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Population
In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.
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Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.
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Population growth
In biology or human geography, population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.
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Provinces of the Netherlands
There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
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Provincial-Executive (Netherlands)
The Provincial-Executive (Dutch: Gedeputeerde Staten, GS) is the executive branch of government of a province of the Netherlands.
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Redbad, King of the Frisians
Redbad (alt. Radbod, Raedbed) (died 719) was the king (or duke) of Frisia from c. 680 until his death.
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Rijkswaterstaat
Rijkswaterstaat, founded in 1798 as the Bureau voor den Waterstaat, is part of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands, the former Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.
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Royal Netherlands Air Force
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force"), is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.
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Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut or KNMI) is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California.
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Saterland
Saterland (Saterland Frisian: Seelterlound) is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Saterland Frisian language
Saterland Frisian, also known as Sater Frisian or Saterlandic (Seeltersk), is the last living dialect of the East Frisian language.
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Saxons
The Saxons (Saxones, Sachsen, Seaxe, Sahson, Sassen, Saksen) were a Germanic people whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of what is now Germany.
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Súdwest-Fryslân
Súdwest-Fryslân is a municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland.
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SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur, formed on 19 June 1964, is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden that currently plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, after being relegated in May 2016 from the Eredivisie.
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SC Heerenveen
Sportclub Heerenveen (West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) football club that plays in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.
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Schiermonnikoog
Schiermonnikoog (or; Skiermûntseach) is an island, a municipality, and a national park in the northern Netherlands.
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Schiermonnikoog National Park
Schiermonnikoog National Park is a national park in the Dutch province of Friesland.
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Serfdom
Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism.
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Slavery
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.
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Smallingerland
Smallingerland (West Frisian: Smellingerlân) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
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Sneek
Sneek (Snits) is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland (Netherlands).
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Sneek Noord railway station
Sneek Noord is a railway station in Sneek, Netherlands.
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Sneek railway station
Sneek is a railway station in Sneek, Netherlands.
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Socialist Party (Netherlands)
The Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij,; abbreviated SP) is a left-wing, democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands.
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Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (Souvereine Vorstendom der Verëenigde Nederlanden) was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815.
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Speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates.
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Stabyhoun
The Stabyhoun or Stabij is one of the top five rarest dog breeds in the world.
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Stadtholder
In the Low Countries, stadtholder (stadhouder) was an office of steward, designated a medieval official and then a national leader.
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States of Friesland
The States of Friesland were the sovereign body that governed the province of Friesland under the Dutch Republic.
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Statistics Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands.
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Stavoren railway station
Stavoren is a terminus railway station in Stavoren, Netherlands.
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Stellingwarfs dialect
Stellingwarfs (Stellingwerfs) is the form of Dutch Low Saxon spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
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Tacitus
Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (–) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire.
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Terp
A terp, also known as a wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, wurt or værft, is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding.
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Terschelling
Terschelling (Skylge; Terschelling dialect: Schylge) is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands.
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Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.
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Tresoar
Tresoar (West Frisian for "treasure") is the short name for the Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum ("Frisian History and Literature Center") in Leeuwarden.
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Tytsjerksteradiel
Tytsjerksteradiel (Tietjerksteradeel) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
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Union of Utrecht
The Union of Utrecht (Unie van Utrecht) was a treaty signed on 23 January 1579 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Habsburg Spain.
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United Kingdom of the Netherlands
The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume-Uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands as it existed between 1815 and 1839.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Vetkopers and Schieringers
The Vetkopers and Schieringers were two opposing Frisian factional parties from the medieval period.
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Vikings
Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.
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Vlie
The Vlie or Vliestroom is the seaway between the Dutch islands of Vlieland, to its southwest, and Terschelling, to its northeast.
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Vlieland
Vlieland (Flylân) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands.
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Vlieland Heliport
Vlieland heliport (Dutch: Helihaven Vlieland) is a small heliport used mainly by the Royal Netherlands Air Force for search and rescue flights or medical transports from the island of Vlieland.
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Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee, Wattenmeer, Wattensee or Waddenzee, Vadehavet, longname, di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea.
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West Frisian Islands
The West Frisian Islands (Waadeilannen) are a chain of islands in the North Sea off the Dutch coast, along the edge of the Wadden Sea.
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West Frisian language
West Frisian, or simply Frisian (Frysk; Fries) is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry.
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Weststellingwerf
Weststellingwerf (Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf / Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands.
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Widukind
Widukind, also known as Widuking or Wittekind, was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785.
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Wolvega railway station
Wolvega is a railway station in Wolvega, Netherlands.
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Wolvega, Weststellingwerf
Wolvega (Wolvegea) is the largest town in the municipality of Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland (Fryslan), in the Netherlands.
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Workum railway station
Workum is a railway station serving Workum, Netherlands.
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50PLUS
The 50PLUS, abbreviated to 50+, is a pensioners' interests political party in the Netherlands.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland
