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Frisian Islands

(Encyclopedia)Frisian Islands frĭzhˈən [key], chain of low-lying islands, off the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, in the North Sea. The West Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands, be...

Tinbergen, Nikolaas

(Encyclopedia)Tinbergen, Nikolaas, 1907–88, Anglo-Dutch zoologist, b. Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in 1932 from the Univ. of Leiden, where he became professor of zoology in 1947. In 1949 he joined the facul...

Maastricht

(Encyclopedia)Maastricht mäsˈtrĭkhtˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 118,102), capital of Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, on the Maas (Meuse) River and on the Albert Canal system. It is an important rail and river transp...

Kerkrade

(Encyclopedia)Kerkrade kĕrkˈräˌdə [key], city (1994 pop. 52,848), Limburg prov., SE Netherlands, on the German border. It is one of Europe's oldest coal-mining centers. The activity began there in the 12th cen...

Heerlen

(Encyclopedia)Heerlen hārˈlən [key], city, Limburg prov., SE Netherlands. It is an industrial and transp...

IJ

(Encyclopedia)IJ or Y both: ī [key], inlet of the Markermeer, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on which Amsterdam is located. It receives the Amstel River and is connected by canals with the North Sea and with...

Terschelling

(Encyclopedia)Terschelling tərskĕlˈĭng [key], island, c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), Friesland prov., N Netherlands, in the North Sea, one of the West Frisian Islands. West-Terschelling is the main town. Farming and f...

Aalsmeer

(Encyclopedia)Aalsmeer älsˈmār [key], town, North Holland prov., W central Netherlands, on Westeinder Plassen lake, near Amsterdam. It has one of the largest flower nurseries and ...

Enschede

(Encyclopedia)Enschede ĕnskhədāˈ [key], city, Overijssel prov., E Netherlands, near the German border. It ...

Keilson, Hans Alex

(Encyclopedia)Keilson, Hans Alex, 1909–2011, German-Dutch novelist and physician. He attended medical school in Berlin, but Nazi racial laws prevented Keilson, who was Jewish, from practicing. In 1933 he publishe...