English Explanatory Dictionary

Overijssel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province of the Netherlands, with Zwolle as capital city and Enschede the largest city.

Word forms

Overijssel

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Overijssel, meaning “[land] across the IJssel”, from the perspective of the bishopric of Utrecht by which it was held until 1528.

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