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unusual facts about West Frisian


West Frisian

West Frisian language, the language spoken in the Friesland province of the Netherlands


Pea coat

According to a 1975 edition of the Mariner's Mirror, the term pea coat originated from the Dutch or West Frisian word pijjekker or pijjakker, in which pij referred to the type of cloth used, a coarse kind of twilled blue cloth with a nap on one side.


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