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'''North Frisia''' or '''Northern Friesland''' ({{lang-de|Nordfriesland}}) is the northernmost portion of [[Frisia]], located primarily in [[Germany]] between the rivers [[Eider River|Eider]] and [[Vidå|Wiedau/Vidå]]. It includes a number of islands, e.g. [[Sylt]], [[Föhr]], [[Amrum]], [[Nordstrand, Germany|Nordstrand]], and [[Heligoland]].
==History==
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Until 1864, North Frisia was a part of the Danish Duchy of [[Schleswig]] (South Jutland). It is now part of the German state of [[Schleswig-Holstein]] with all of North Frisia except for Heligoland contained within the [[Districts of Germany|district]] of [[Nordfriesland]]. The district extends beyond the traditional area of North Frisia to the south and east.
==Languages and names==
In addition to [[German language|standard German]], North Frisia has speakers of [[Low German]], the various dialects of the [[North Frisian language]], and [[Danish language|Danish]], including [[South Jutlandic]].
North Frisia is called ''Nordfriesland'' in German and ''Noordfreesland'' in Low German. In the various North Frisian dialects, it is called ''Nordfraschlönj'' in [[Mooring (North Frisian dialect)|''Mooring'']], ''Noordfreeskluin'' in [[Wiedingharde Frisian]], ''Nuurdfriislön’'' in [[Söl'ring|Söl'ring]], ''Nuurdfresklun'' or ''Nuardfresklun'' in [[Fering|''Fering'']], and ''Nöördfreesklöön'' in [[Halligen Frisian]]. The region is called ''Nordfrisland'' in Danish.
==See also==
*[[Nordfriesland]]
*[[Frisia]]
*[[North Frisian language]]
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[[Category:Frisia]]
[[Category:Regions of Germany]]
[[Category:Geography of Schleswig-Holstein]]
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