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Definition of IJssel
1. Noun. A river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer.
Group relationships: Holland, Kingdom Of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands, The Netherlands
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of IJssel
Literary usage of IJssel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American in Holland: Sentimental Rambles in the Eleven Provinces of the by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"... CHAPTER XVII OVER-IJssel: STEENWIJK AND KAMPEN THE province over the Ijssel,
that is, beyond the river of this name, must have received its title from ..."
2. Friesland Meres and Through the Netherlands: The Voyage of a Family in a by Henry Montagu Doughty (1890)
"—On the River Ijssel—Charming scenery—Night on the river—Beating against a
three-knot current— ... To-day we have to face the adverse current of the Ijssel, ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"... IJssel, de Nieuwe Maos, het Scheur on de Door- graving ... r le long du
Haut-Khin do l'IJssel et du Z warte- water ; d le long de la Meuse ; e le long ..."
4. The Rhine by Halford John Mackinder (1908)
"We may, therefore, imagine the Ijssel branch of the Rhine as continued through
the shoals of the Zuider Zee, past the town of Stavoren, and then bifurcating ..."
5. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"A con- the Ijssel, takes the паше of Leek ; a siderable portion of the trade is
... Pigments, brandy, The Ijssel, flowing from Germany, enters gin, paper, ..."
6. National Waterways (1912)
"Although the Rhine here loses name and identity, a goodly portion of it, with
the "silvery Ijssel," must flow smoothly by Zutphen and Deventer to pretty ..."
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