Netherlands

From nether (“lower”) +‎ lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either a calque or a parallel formation to Dutch Nederland.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛðələndz/
(General American) enPR: nĕthʹər-ləndz, IPA^(key): /ˈnɛðɚləndz/
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Hyphenation: Neth‧er‧lands

Proper noun

the Netherlands (usually uncountable, plural the Netherlands)

The Kingdom of the Netherlands. A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Capital and largest city: Amsterdam.
- 2012 September 6, Bryony Jones, “Why is unity so important to Europe?”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands 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, see Citations:Netherlands.
(rare, chiefly historical) the Low Countries, a region of Western Europe located around the low-lying areas in and around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, including the countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

country in northwestern Europe — see also Holland

Abkhaz: Ҳоландиа (Ḥolandja)
Acehnese: Blanda, Beulanda
Afrikaans: Nederland (af), Holland (af)
Albanian: Holandë f (indefinite), Holanda (sq) f (definite)
Ambonese Malay: walanda
Amharic: ሆላንድ (holand)
Antillean Creole: Péyi Ba m pl
Arabic: هُولَنْدَا (ar) f (hūlandā), هُولَنْدَة f (hūlanda)
Hijazi Arabic: هولندا f (hōlanda)
Aragonese: Países Baxos m pl
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܘܿܠܵܢܕܵܐ f (holanda)
Armenian: Նիդերլանդներ pl (Niderlandner), Հոլանդիա (Holandia)
Aromanian: Ulandii f, Ulandie f, Olande f (indefinite), Ulandia f, Olanda f (definite)
Assamese: নেদাৰলেণ্ড (nedarlend)
Asturian: Países Baxos (ast) m pl, Holanda (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Niderland (az), Hollandiya
Bashkir: Нидерландтар pl (Niderlandtar)
Basque: Herbehereak (eu)
Belarusian: Нідэрла́нды m pl (Niderlándy), Гала́ндыя f (Halándyja), Нідэрля́нды m pl (Niderljándy), Галя́ндыя f (Haljándyja)
Bengali: নেদারল্যান্ডস (bn) (nedarolênḍoś), হল্যান্ড (holênḍ)
Breton: Izelvroioù (br)
Bulgarian: Хола́ндия (bg) f (Holándija), Нидерла́ндия f (Niderlándija)
Burmese: နယ်သာလန်နိုင်ငံ (naisalannuingngam), နယ်သာလန် (naisalan), ဟော်လန် (haulan)
Buryat: Нидерланд (Nidjerland)
Carpathian Rusyn: Нідерла́нды pl (Niderlándŷ), Гола́ндія f (Holándija)
Catalan: els Països Baixos (ca) m pl, Holanda f
Chechen: Нидерландаш (Niderlandaš)
Chichewa: Maiko Otsika class 6
Chinese:
Cantonese: 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (ho⁴ laan^4-1)

Eastern Min: 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (Hò̤-làng)

Hakka: 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (Hò-làn / Hò-nàn)

Hokkien: 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (Hô-lân / Hô-lan)

Mandarin: 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (zh) (Hélán), 尼德蘭 / 尼德兰 (zh) (Nídélán)

Wu: 荷蘭 / 荷兰 (⁶wu-le)
Cornish: Iseldiryow
Corsican: Paesi Bassi m pl
Crimean Tatar: Felemenk
Czech: Nizozemsko (cs) n, Holandsko (cs) n
Danish: Nederlandene (da) n pl, Holland (da) c
Dhivehi: ނެދަލޭންޑު (nedalēn̊ḍu)
Dutch: Nederland (nl) n, Holland (nl) n (in some contexts)
Dzongkha: ནེ་དར་ལེནཌསི་ (ne dar lenḍsi)
Esperanto: Nederlando (eo)
Estonian: Holland (et), Madalmaad (et) pl
Farefare: Olanda
Faroese: Niðurlond n pl, Háland n
Finnish: Alankomaat (fi) pl, Hollanti (fi)
French: Pays-Bas (fr) m pl, Hollande (fr) f
Galician: Países Baixos (gl) m pl
Georgian: ნიდერლანდი (niderlandi), ნიდერლანდები (ka) (niderlandebi), ჰოლანდია (holandia)
German: die Niederlande (de) n pl, Holland (de) n
Greek: Ολλανδία (el) f (Ollandía), Κάτω Χώρες (el) f pl (Káto Chóres)
Ancient Greek: Βαταυΐα f (Batauḯa)
Greenlandic: Pukkitsormiut
Gujarati: નેધરલેંડ (nedharleṇḍ)
Hausa: Holan
Hawaiian: Nekelana
Hebrew: הוֹלַנְד (he) f (hóland)
Hindi: नीदरलैण्ड (hi) m (nīdarlaiṇḍ), हॉलैंड m (hŏlaiṇḍ)
Hungarian: Hollandia (hu)
Hunsrik: Nitterlande pl
Icelandic: Niðurlönd n pl, Holland (is) n
Ido: Nederlando (io)
Indonesian: Belanda (id)
Interlingua: Pais Basse, Nederland, Hollanda, Nederlandia
Irish: An Ollainn f, An Ísiltír (ga) f
Italian: Paesi Bassi (it) m pl, Olanda (it) f
Jamaican Creole: Nedalanz pl
Japanese: オランダ (ja) (Oranda), (rare) 蘭国 (ja) (らんこく, Rankoku), ネーデルランド (ja) (Nēderurando), 阿蘭陀 (ja) (オランダ, Oranda)
Javanese: Walanda (jv), Londo
Kannada: ನೆದರ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ (kn) (nedar‍lyāṇḍs)
Kashubian: Néderlandzkô (csb) f
Kazakh: Нидерланд (kk) (Niderland), Голландия (kk) (Gollandiä)
Khmer: ហូឡង់ (km) (houlɑng), ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (needəɨlɑn)
Korean: 네덜란드 (ko) (Nedeollandeu), 네데를란드 (ko) (Nedereullandeu) (North Korea), 화란(和蘭) (ko) (Hwaran) (dated), 홀란트 (Hollanteu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Holenda (ku), Holanda (ku)
Kyrgyz: Нидерланддар pl (Niderlanddar), Нидерланд (Niderland), Голландия (Gollandiya)
Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (lo) (hōn lang), ເນເທີແລນດ໌ (nē thœ̄ lǣn da)
Latin: Nederlandia f (New Latin), Batā̆via f (New Latin)
Latvian: Nīderlande (lv) f, Holande f
Lithuanian: Nyderlandai (lt) pl, Olandija (lt) f
Livonian: Madālizmōd Holand
Low German: de Nederlanne
Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦟᦱᧃᧉ (xo²laan²)
Luxembourgish: Holland (lb) n
Macedonian: Холандија (mk) f (Holandija)
Malay: Belanda (ms)
Malayalam: നെതർലന്റ്സ് (netaṟlanṟsŭ)
Maltese: l-Olanda f, il-Pajjiżi Baxxi pl
Manchu: ᡥᠣ᠋
ᠯᠠᠨ (ho lan)
Maori: Hōrana (mi)
Marathi: नेदरलँड्स (nedarlĕṇḍsa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Нидерланд (Niderland), Голланд (Golland)

Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳ᠋ᠧᠷᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (nidērland), ᠾᠣᠯᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (holland)
Nahuatl: Batavia
Nauruan: Eben Eyong
Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
Nepali: नेदरल्याण्ड्स (nedaralyāṇḍs)
North Frisian: Nederlönje
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Nederland (no) n, Holland n

Nynorsk: Nederland (nn) n, Holland (nn) n
Occitan: Païses Basses (oc) m pl
Odia: ନେଦରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (nedaralyāṇḍa)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Нидєрландꙑ pl (Niderlandy) (modern)
Ottoman Turkish: ندرلانده (nedirlanda), فلمنك (felemenk)
Papiamentu: Hulanda
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Tetãnguéra Yvýi
Pashto: هالېنډ m (hālenḍ)
Pennsylvania German: Niederlande n pl
Persian:
Dari: هَالَنْد (hāland)

Iranian Persian: هُلَنْد (holand), فِلَمَنْک (felamank) (dated)
Plautdietsch: Hollaunt n
Polish: Niderlandy (pl) pl, Holandia (pl) f, (formal) Królestwo Niderlandów (pl) n
Portuguese: Holanda (pt) f, Países Baixos (pt) m pl, Neerlândia f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਨੀਦਰਲੈਂਡਜ਼ (nīdralaiṇḍaz)
Rarotongan: ‘Ōrani
Réunion Creole French: Péï-Ba m pl
Romanian: Olanda (ro) f, Țările de Jos (ro) f pl
Romansch: Pajais Bass m pl
Russian: Нидерла́нды (ru) m pl (Niderlándy), Голла́ндия (ru) f (Gollándija)
Sami:
Northern Sami: Vuolleeatnamat
Sanskrit: नेदरलैंड्स (nedaralaiṃḍsa) (modern)
Sardinian: Paisos Bàscios m pl, Olanda f
Saterland Frisian: Niederlounde
Scots: Netherlands pl
Scottish Gaelic: An Òlaind f, Na Tìrean Ìsle m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ни̏зозе̄мска̄ f, Хола̀ндија f

Roman: Nȉzozēmskā (sh) f, Holàndija (sh) f
Sicilian: Pajisi Vaxi m pl, Ulanna f
Silesian: Ńiderlandy pl
Sinhalese: නෙදර්ලන්තය (nedarlantaya)
Slovak: Holandsko (sk) n
Slovene: Nizozémska (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Nižozemska f

Upper Sorbian: Nižozemska f
Spanish: Países Bajos (es) m pl, Holanda (es) f
Sranan Tongo: Bakrakondre, Ptatakondre, Ptata
Sundanese: Walanda
Swahili: Uholanzi (sw)
Swedish: Nederländerna (sv) n pl, Holland (sv) n
Tagalog: Olanda
Tahitian: Horane
Tajik: Нидерланд (Niderland), Ҳоланд (Holand)
Tamil: நெதர்லாந்து (ta) (netarlāntu)
Tatar: Нидерландлар pl (Niderlandlar), Голландия (Ğollandiyä)
Telugu: నెదర్లాండ్ (nedarlāṇḍ)
Thai: เนเธอร์แลนด์ (th) (nee-tə̂ə-lɛɛn), ฮอลแลนด์ (th) (hɔn-lɛɛn), ฮอลันดา (th) (hɔɔ-lan-daa)
Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan)
Tigrinya: ኔዘርላንድ (nezärland), ሆላንድ (holand)
Tongan: Netaleni, Holani
Turkish: Hollanda (tr)
Turkmen: Niderlandlar pl, Gollandiýa
Ukrainian: Нідерла́нди (uk) m pl (Niderlándy), Голла́ндія f (Hollándija)
Urdu: نِیدَرْلَینْڈ m (nīdarlainḍ), ہالَینْڈ m (hālainḍ), وَلَنْدیز m (valandez), ہولانْت m (holānt), وَلَنْدِسْتان m (valandistān)
Uyghur: گوللاندىيە (gollandiye)
Uzbek: Niderlandlar (uz) pl, Niderlandiya (uz), Gollandiya
Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭)
Vilamovian: Nejderłaond n
Volapük: Nedän (vo)
Welsh: yr Iseldiroedd (cy) m pl
West Flemish: Nederland n
West Frisian: Nederlân (fy) n
Yakut: Нидерланд (Niderland)
Yiddish: האָלאַנד n (holand), נידערלאַנדן pl (niderlandn)
Yoruba: Nẹ́dálaǹdì
Zhuang: Hozlanz

Noun

Netherlands pl (plural only)

(slang) Alternative letter-case form of netherlands.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology