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Netherlands

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See also:netherlands

English

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National flag of the Netherlands

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Fromnether(“lower”) +‎lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either acalque or a parallel formation toDutchNederland.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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the Netherlands (usuallyuncountable,pluraltheNetherlands)

  2. TheKingdom of the Netherlands. Acountry inWestern Europe, consisting of fourconstituent countries: theNetherlands per se,Aruba,Curaçao andSint Maarten.
  4. The mainconstituent country of theKingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily inWestern Europe borderingGermany andBelgium. Capital and largest city:Amsterdam.
    • 2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, inCNN‎[1]:
      The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, theNetherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:Netherlands.
  5. (rare, chiefly historical) theLow Countries, a region of Western Europe located around the low-lying areas in and around theRhine–Meuse–Scheldtdelta, including the countries of the Netherlands,Belgium andLuxembourg.

Synonyms

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  • Holland(formally refers to the provinces ofNorth Holland andSouth Holland, but often colloquially used to refer to the entire country)
  • Benelux(collective term for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg)

Derived terms

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Translations

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country in northwestern Europe—see alsoHolland

Noun

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Netherlands pl (plural only)

  1. (slang)Alternativeletter-case form ofnetherlands.

See also

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countries in Europe (appendix)edit

Further reading

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