Austrian Netherlands

English

The Austrian Netherlands in 1789

Proper noun

Austrian Netherlands

1. (plural only, historical) The southern part of the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, & Luxembourg) during their period of Austrian rule (1714–1797), ending with their annexation by France during the Napoleonic Wars.
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:

     CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...

Coordinate terms

• Belgium, Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: Oostenrijkse Nederlanden
• French: Pays-Bas Autrichiens
• German: Österreichische Niederlande
• Latin: Belgium Austriacum