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- proper noun A
coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state ofLower Saxony .
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After this, however, the Netherlands, the foe of Spain, allowed the still unconquered Mansfeld to enter their territory; from here he advanced in 1623 into East Frisia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Rudolf Eucken was born at Aurich, East Frisia, on the 5th of January
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Holland gained East Frisia at the expense of Prussia.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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Frederick William proposed to keep Minden and Ravensburg, but to cede East Frisia and all the rest of his Westphalian possessions to
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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Earl wrote from Paris, February 10, 1753: 'The King of England shows his ill-will in his pretensions on East Frisia, in the affairs of the
Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles Andrew Lang 1878
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Hanover), not only in the smallness of the sum accorded to her -- for we granted £2,000,000 in all to the Swedish, Hanseatic, and Hanoverian contingents -- but also in the stipulation that she should assent to the eventual annexation of the formerly Prussian districts of East Frisia and Hildesheim to Hanover.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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