Zuider Zee

[ zahy-der zey, zee; Dutch zœi-duhr zey ]
/ ˈzaɪ dər ˈzeɪ, ˈzi; Dutch ˈzœɪ dər ˈzeɪ /

noun

a former shallow inlet of the North Sea in central Netherlands. Compare IJsselmeer.
Also Zuyder Zee.

British Dictionary definitions for zuider zee

Zuider Zee

Zuyder Zee

/ (ˈzaɪdə ˈziː, Dutch ˈzœidər ˈzeː) /

noun

a former inlet of the North Sea in the N coast of the Netherlands sealed off from the sea by a dam in 1932, dividing it into the Waddenzee and the freshwater IJsselmeer, with several large reclaimed areas