Wadden Sea

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Wadden Sea

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

proper noun

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.

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name Wadden Sea

Español	Mar de Frisia
中文	瓦登海 Wǎdēng Hǎi
Português	Mar Frísio
Français	mer des Wadden
Deutsch	Wattenmeer
Italiano	mare dei Wadden

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@misc{wadden_sea_2026,
  title = {Wadden Sea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wadden%20sea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}