English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From nether (“ lower ” ) + lands , the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Proper noun [ edit ]
the Netherlands
A country in northwestern Europe bordering Germany and Belgium . Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands .
Synonyms [ edit ]
Holland (although "Holland" strictly applies to the provinces of North Holland and South Holland in Dutch, in English, especially in sports contexts, it is often incorrectly treated as a synonym for the entire nation.)
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
country in northwestern Europe
Acehnese: Blanda , Beulanda
Afrikaans: Nederland (af)
Albanian: Holandë f Template:qualifer , Holanda (sq) Template:qualifer
Amharic: ሆላንድ (holand )
Arabic: هُولَنْدَا f (holandā )
Aragonese: Países Baxos m pl
Armenian: Նիդերլանդներ pl (Niderlandner ), Հոլանդիա (Holandia )
Asturian: Países Baxos (ast) m pl , Holanda (ast) f
Azeri: Niderland (az)
Bashkir: Нидерландтар (Niderlandtar )
Basque: Herbehereak (eu)
Bavarian: Niedalånde
Belarusian: Нідэрла́нды m pl (Niderlándy ), Гала́ндыя f (Halándyja )
Bengali: নেদারল্যান্ডস (nedarlyanḑôs ), হল্যান্ (hôlyanḑ )
Breton: Izelvroioù
Bulgarian: Хола́ндия (bg) f (Holándija ), Нидерла́ндия f (Niderlándija )
Burmese: နယ်သာလန်နိုင်ငံ (naisalannuingngam ), နယ်သာလန် (naisalan )
Catalan: els Països Baixos (ca) m pl , Holanda f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷蘭 , 荷兰 (zh) (Hélán )
Min Nan: Kē-tē-kok
Cornish: Iseldiryow
Crimean Tatar: Felemenk
Czech: Nizozemsko (cs) n , Holandsko (cs) n
Danish: Holland (da) c , Nederlandene (da) n pl
Dutch: Nederland (nl)
Dzongkha: ནེ་དར་ལེནཌསི་ (ne dar lenḍsi )
Esperanto: Nederlando (eo)
Estonian: Madalmaad (et) pl , Holland (et)
Faroese: Niðurlond n pl , Háland n
Finnish: Alankomaat (fi) pl , Hollanti (fi)
French: les Pays-Bas (fr) m pl , la Hollande (fr) f
Galician: Países Baixos (gl) m pl
Georgian: ნიდერლანდი (niderlandi )
German: Holland (de) n , die Niederlande (de) n pl
Greek: Ολλανδία (el) f (Ollandía )
Ancient: Βαταυΐα f (Batauḯa )
Greenlandic: Pukkitsormiut
Gujarati: નેધરલેંડ (nedharaleṇḍ )
Hebrew: הוֹלַנְד (he) f (hóland )
Hindi: नीदरलैण्ड (hi) (nīdarlaiṇḍ ), हॉलैंड (hŏlaiṇḍ )
Hungarian: Hollandia (hu)
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 f , Ríocht na hÍsiltíre f
Italian: Paesi Bassi (it) m pl , Olanda (it) f
Japanese: オランダ (ja) (Oranda ), ( rare ) 蘭国 (らんこく, Rankoku )
Javanese: Walanda (jv) , Londo
Kannada: ನೆದರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ (kn) (nedarlyāṃḍs )
Kazakh: Нидерланд (Nïderland )
Khmer: ហូឡង់ (km) (hoolɑng ), ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (nedəɨlɑn )
Korean: 네덜란드 (Nedeollandeu )
Kyrgyz: Нидерланддар (Niderlanddar )
Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (lo) (hōn lang )
Latin: Nederlandia f , Bélgĭca f
Latvian: Nīderlande (lv) f
Lithuanian: Nyderlandai (lt) pl
Livonian: Holand
Low German: de Nederlanne
Luxembourgish: Holland (lb) n
Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦟᦱᧃᧉ (xo²laan² )
Macedonian: Холандија (mk) f (Holandija )
Malay: Belanda
Malayalam: നെതർലന്റ്സ് (netarlanṟs )
Maltese: l-Olanda f , il-Pajjiżi Baxxi
Marathi: नेदरलँड्स (nedarlãḍs )
Mongolian: Нидерланд (Niderland )
Nauruan: Eben Eyong
Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
Nepali: नेदरल्याण्ड्स (nedarlyāṇḍs )
North Frisian: Nederlönje
Northern Sami: Vuolleeatnamat
Norwegian: Nederland (no) , Holland
Pashto: هالنډ
Persian: هلند (fa) (holand )
Polish: Holandia (pl) f , Niderlandy (pl) pl ( rare )
Portuguese: Holanda (pt) f , Países Baixos (pt) m pl , Neerlândia f
Romanian: Olanda (ro) f , Țările de Jos (ro) f pl
Russian: Нидерла́нды (ru) m pl (Niderlándy ), Голла́ндия (ru) f (Gollándija )
Sanskrit: नेदरलैंड्स (nedaralaiṃḍsa )
Saterland Frisian: Niederlounde
Scottish Gaelic: An Olaind f , An Talamh Ìseal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ни̏зозе̄мска̄ f , Хола̀ндија f
Roman: Nȉzozēmskā (sh) f , Holàndija (sh) f
Silesian: Ńiderlandy pl
Sinhalese: නෙදර්ලන්තය (nedarlantaya )
Slovak: Holandsko n
Slovene: Nizozémska (sl) f
Spanish: Países Bajos (es) m pl , Holanda (es) f
Sundanese: Walanda
Swahili: Uholanzi (sw)
Swedish: Nederländerna (sv) n pl , Holland (sv) n
Tagalog: Olanda
Tajik: Нидерланд (Niderland )
Tamil: நெதர்லாந்து (ta) (netarlāntu )
Tatar: Нидерландлар (Niderlandlar )
Telugu: నెదర్లాండ్ (nedarlāṃḍ )
Thai: เนเธอร์แลนด์ (th) (nee-təə-lɛɛn ), ฮอลแลนด์ (th) (hɔɔn-lɛɛn ), ฮอลันดา (th) (hɔɔ-lan-daa )
Tongan: Netaleni , Holani
Turkish: Hollanda (tr)
Turkmen: Niderlandlar pl
Ukrainian: Нідерла́нди (uk) m pl (Niderlándy ), Голла́ндія f (Hollándija )
Urdu: نیدرلینڈ (nīdarlaiṇḍ ), ہالینڈ (holaiṇḍ )
Uzbek: Niderlandlar (uz)
Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭 )
Volapük: Nedän (vo)
Welsh: Yr Iseldiroedd (cy)
West Frisian: Nederlân (fy)
Yiddish: האָלאַנד (holand )
Adjective [ edit ]
Netherlands (not comparable )
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands. The correct word to describe embassies and consulates of the country.
Synonyms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
pertaining to the Netherlands
Afrikaans: Nederlands (af)
Armenian: նիդերլանդական (niderlandakan ), հոլանդական (hy) (holandakan )
Basque: herbeheretar , nederlandar , holandar
Catalan: holandès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 荷蘭的 , 荷兰的 (zh) (Hélán de )
Czech: nizozemský (cs) , holandský (cs)
Dutch: Nederlands (nl) , Hollands (nl)
Faroese: niðurlendskur
Finnish: hollantilainen (fi) , alankomaalainen
French: néerlandais (fr) , hollandais (fr)
German: niederlandisch , holländisch (de)
Greek: ολλανδικός (el) (ollandikós )
Hungarian: holland (hu)
Indonesian: Belanda (id)
Interlingua: hollandese , nederlandese (ia)
See also [ edit ]
Appendix:Place names in the Netherlands
(countries of Europe ) country of Europe ; Albania , Andorra , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Macedonia , Malta , Moldova , Monaco , Montenegro , Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , San Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries , en:Countries of Europe )
Appendix:Countries of the world
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