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3 unusual facts about West Frisian language


Frisian language

West Frisian language (fy), spoken in the Netherlands and often known there simply as the Frisian language

West Friesland

Occasionally, the region where the West Frisian language is spoken, i.e. mostly the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands

West Frisian

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


Black-crowned Night Heron

In the Falkland Islands, the bird is called "quark", which is an onomatopoeia similar to its name in many other languages, like "kwak" in Dutch and Frisian, "kvakoš noční" in Czech, "квак" in Ukrainian, "кваква" in Russian, "Vạc" in Vietnamese, "Kowak-malam" in Indonesian, and "Waqwa" in Quechua.

Cross of the Dutchman

The story of Cross of the Dutchman will be centered on the figure of Pier Gerlofs Donia, who went by the nickname of Grutte Pier (Big Peter, in the West Frisian language).

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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