English Explanatory Dictionary

Wadden Sea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

Word forms

Wadden Sea

Etymology

Partial calque of Dutch Waddenzee, leaving Dutch wadden (“mudflats”) untranslated; compare with Danish Vadehavet and German Wattenmeer.

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