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[edit] Etymology
From nether ("lower") + lands, the country being very low-lying, with most parts below sea level.
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[edit] Proper noun
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Singular
the Netherlands
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Plural
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the Netherlands
- A country in northwestern Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands.
[edit] Synonyms
- Holland (although "Holland" is incorrect in Dutch, in English it is a proper synonym for the entire nation.)
[edit] Translations
country in northwestern Europe
- Afrikaans: Nederland af(af)
- Arabic: هولندا (holánda) f.
- Aragonese: Países Baxos
- Armenian: Նիդերլանդներ hy(hy) (Niderlandner) pl., Հոլանդիա hy(hy) (Holandia)
- Belarusian: Нідэрлянды (Niderljándy) m. pl.
- Bosnian: Nizozemska bs(bs) f., Holandija bs(bs) f.
- Breton: Izelvroioù
- Bulgarian: Холандия bg(bg) (Kholándija) f.
- Catalan: els Països Baixos m. pl., Holanda f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 荷蘭 zh(zh), 荷兰 zh(zh) (Hélán)
- Min Nan: Kē-tē-kok nan(nan)
- Cornish: Iseldiryow
- Croatian: Nȉzozēmskā hr(hr) f.
- Czech: Nizozemsko cs(cs) n., Holandsko cs(cs) n.
- Danish: Holland da(da), Nederlandene da(da)
- Dutch: Nederland nl(nl)
- Esperanto: Nederlando el(el)
- Estonian: Madalmaad et(et)
- Finnish: Alankomaat fi(fi) pl., Hollanti fi(fi)
- French: les Pays-Bas fr(fr) m. pl., la Hollande fr(fr)
- Galician: Países Baixos gl(gl) m. pl.
- German: Holland de(de), die Niederlande de(de)
- Greek: Κάτω Χώρες el(el) (Káto Khóres) f. pl., Ολλανδία el(el) (Ollandía) f.
- Greenlandic: Pukkitsormiut kl(kl)
- Hebrew: הולנד he(he) (holand)
- Hungarian: Hollandia hu(hu)
- Ido: Nederlando io(io)
- Indonesian: Belanda id(id)
- Interlingua: Hollanda ia(ia), Paises Basse ia(ia), Nederlandia ia(ia), Nederland ia(ia)
- Italian: Paesi Bassi it(it) m. pl., Olanda it(it) f.
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[edit] Adjective
Netherlands (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Netherlands.
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pertaining to the Netherlands
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