This article is about the spelling of the English word Frisian indicating a relation with Friesland. For information on the region extending from the Netherlands to Denmark, see Frisia. ...

- The basic meaning "relat/of Friesland/Frisia" should always be spelled as Frisian, as in Frisian flag, Frisian language, Frisians with basically one exception which is the cattle breed of which the modern form is the Holstein Friesian). For information on the region extending from the Netherlands to Denmark, see Frisia. ... Frisia (known in German and Dutch as Friesland) is a region along the southeastern coasts of the North Sea. ... Frisian Flag can refer to : 1) Any Frisian flag, specifically the modern flag of the Dutch province Fryslân/Friesland http://fy. ... Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... The Roman historian Tacitus, in his Germania, mentioned the Frisians among people he grouped together as the Ingvaeones. ... The Holstein, or Friesian as it is known in the UK, is a cattle breed used in dairy farming. ...

- The term can also refer to the Frisian language, a member of the family of Germanic languages. It spoken in the Friesland province on the northern coast of the Netherlands. The modern Frisian language is descended from Old Frisian, which is grouped with Old English in the West Germanic language group. Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... The Germanic languages form one of the branches of the Indo-European (IE) language family. ... For information on the region extending from the Netherlands to Denmark, see Frisia. ... Old Frisian was the West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries by the people who, from their ancient homes in North Germany and Denmark, had settled in the area between the Rhine and Elbe on the European North Sea coast in the 4th and 5th centuries. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... West Germanic is the largest branch of the Germanic family of languages, including such languages as English, Dutch, and German. ...

- The word for a Frisian person inthe Frisian language and Dutch language is Fries, using that in written English would be possible, and is done sometimes in Frisian-minded groups, but is very likely to cause some confusion with the U.S. English potato side dish fries. Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... Dutch (  Nederlands?) is a West Germanic, Low German language spoken by around 24 million people, mostly in the Netherlands and Belgium. ... Fries is a town located in Grayson County, Virginia. ...

- The name for the Frisian language in Frisian is Frysk. If you prefer a more "native" spelling, the Frisian letter "y" (/i/) can be substututed for "i". Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ...

- The only rather doubtful case is the Friesian horse. As the history of the horse breed is connected to the cattle breed and cattle breeders, (The Frisisian registries for cattle and horses were founded on the very same meeting for instance) the cattle-spelling was applied to the horse as well, it is used by so far all the English language Friesian horse breeding associations, but in more academic texts and other text related more to, say, carriages or costumes, Frisian is a common way of spelling too. "Frisian" can be seen as more "of Friesland" than the "Friesian". The Friesian horse is a breed of horse from Friesland, a province of the Netherlands. ...

- Note that school of Friesian philosophy is named after Jakob Fries and is thus always "Friesian". There is no relation with "Frisian" culture or "Friesland". Jakob Friedrich Fries (August 23, 1773 - August 10, 1843), was a German philosopher. ...