Zuiderzee
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Dutch
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[edit]Zuiderzee f
- (historical) a former shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands; nowadays closed off by the Afsluitdijk and partially reclaimed as polders; the largest remaining lakes are called the IJsselmeer and the Markermeer