Netherlands

See also: netherlands

English

Etymology

From nether (“lower”) +‎ lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛðələndz/
• enPR: nĕthʹər-ləndz, IPA^(key): /ˈnɛðɚləndz/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Neth‧er‧lands

Proper noun

the Netherlands

2. The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in northwestern Europe bordering Germany and Belgium.
4. The Kingdom of the Netherlands

Synonyms

• 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

• Netherlander
• Netherlandish

Translations

country in northwestern Europe — see also Holland

• Acehnese: Blanda, Beulanda
• Afrikaans: Nederland (af)
• Albanian: Holandë f (indefinite), Holanda (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ሆላንድ (holand)
• Arabic: هُولَنْدَا (ar) f (holandā), هُولَنْدَة f (holanda)
• Aragonese: Países Baxos m pl
• Armenian: Նիդերլանդներ pl (Niderlandner), Հոլանդիա (Holandia)
• Asturian: Países Baxos (ast) m pl, Holanda (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Niderland (az)
• Bashkir: Нидерландтар (Niderlandtar)
• Basque: Herbehereak (eu)
• Bavarian: Niedalånde
• Belarusian: Нідэрла́нды m pl (Niderlándy), Гала́ндыя f (Halándyja), Нідэрля́нды m pl (Niderljándy), Галя́ндыя f (Haljándyja)
• Bengali: নেদারল্যান্ডস (nedarolênḍoś), হল্যান্ (hollan)
• 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), 荷兰 (zh) (Hélán), 尼德蘭／尼德兰 (zh) (Nídélán), 尼德兰 (zh) (Nídélán)

  Min Nan: 荷蘭／荷兰, 荷兰 (Hô-lân, Hô-lan)

• Cornish: Iseldiryow
• Crimean Tatar: Felemenk
• Czech: Nizozemsko (cs) n, Holandsko (cs) n
• Danish: Nederlandene (da) n pl
• Dhivehi: ނެދަލޭންޑު (nedalēn̊ḍu)
• Dutch: Nederland (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ནེ་དར་ལེནཌསི་ (ne dar lenḍsi)
• Esperanto: Nederlando (eo)
• Estonian: Holland (et), Madalmaad (et) pl
• 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), ნიდერლანდები (niderlandebi), ჰოლანდია (holandia)
• German: die Niederlande (de) n pl
• Greek: Ολλανδία (el) f (Ollandía)

  Ancient: Βαταυΐα f (Batauḯa)

• Greenlandic: Pukkitsormiut
• Gujarati: નેધરલેંડ (nedharleṇḍ)
• Hausa: Holan
• Hebrew: הוֹלַנְד (he) f (hóland)
• Hindi: नीदरलैण्ड (hi) (nīdarlaiṇḍ), हॉलैंड (hŏlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Hollandia (hu)
• Hunsrik: Nitterlande pl
• Icelandic: Niðurlönd n pl
• 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), ネーデルランド (ja) (Nēderurando)
• Javanese: Walanda (jv), Londo
• Kannada: ನೆದರ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ (kn) (nedar‍lyāṇḍs)
• Kazakh: Нидерланд (Niderland), Голландия (Gollandiä)
• Khmer: ហូឡង់ (km) (houlɑng), ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (needəɨlɑn)
• Korean: 네덜란드 (Nedeollandeu)
• Kyrgyz: Нидерланддар (Niderlanddar), Голландия (Gollandiya)
• Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (lo) (hōn lang)
• Latin: Nederlandia f, Batavia f
• Latvian: Nīderlande f
• Lithuanian: Nyderlandai (lt) pl
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• Livonian: Holand
• Low German: de Nederlanne
• Luxembourgish: Holland (lb) n
• Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦟᦱᧃᧉ (xo²laan²)
• Macedonian: Холандија (mk) f (Holandija)
• Malay: Belanda
• Malayalam: നെതർലന്റ്സ് (netaṟlanṟsŭ)
• Maltese: l-Olanda f, il-Pajjiżi Baxxi
• Manchu: ᡥᠣ᠋
  ᠯᠠᠨ (ho lan)
• Maori: Hōrana
• Marathi: नेदरलँड्स (nedarlĕṇḍsa)
• Mongolian: Нидерланд (Niderland), Голланд (Golland)
• Nauruan: Eben Eyong
• Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Nepali: नेदरल्याण्ड्स (nedaralyāṇḍs)
• North Frisian: Nederlönje
• Northern Sami: Vuolleeatnamat
• Norwegian: Nederland (no), Holland
• Pashto: هالېنډ m (hālénḍ)
• 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 (sk) n
• Slovene: Nizozémska (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Nižozemska f

  Upper Sorbian: Nižozemska f

• Spanish: Países Bajos (es) m pl, Holanda (es) f
• Sundanese: Walanda
• Swahili: Uholanzi (sw)
• Swedish: Nederländerna (sv) n pl
• Tagalog: Olanda
• Tahitian: Horane
• Tajik: Нидерланд (Niderland), Ҳоланд (Holand)
• Tamil: நெதர்லாந்து (ta) (netarlāntu)
• Tatar: Нидерландлар (Niderlandlar)
• Telugu: నెదర్లాండ్ (nedarlāṇḍ)
• Thai: เนเธอร์แลนด์ (th) (nee-tə̂ə-lɛɛn), ฮอลแลนด์ (th) (hɔn-lɛɛn), ฮอลันดา (th) (hɔɔ-lan-daa)
• Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan)
• Tongan: Netaleni, Holani
• Turkish: Hollanda (tr)
• Turkmen: Niderlandlar pl
• Ukrainian: Нідерла́нди (uk) m pl (Niderlándy), Голла́ндія f (Hollándija)
• Urdu: نیدرلینڈ (nīdarlaiṇḍ), ہالینڈ (holaiṇḍ)
• Uyghur: گوللاندىيە (gollandiye)
• Uzbek: Niderlandlar (uz), Gollandiya
• Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭)
• Vilamovian: Nejderłaond n
• Volapük: Nedän (vo)
• Welsh: Yr Iseldiroedd (cy)
• West Frisian: Nederlân (fy)
• Yiddish: האָלאַנד (holand)
• Yoruba: Nedalandi
• Zhuang: Hozlanz

Adjective

Netherlands (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands. The correct word to describe embassies and consulates of the country.

Synonyms

• Dutch

Translations

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), 荷兰的 (zh) (Hélán de)

• Czech: nizozemský (cs), holandský (cs)
• Danish: hollandsk, nederlandsk (da)
• Dutch: Nederlands (nl), Hollands (nl)
• Estonian: hollandi, madalmaade pl
• Faroese: niðurlendskur
• Finnish: hollantilainen (fi), alankomaalainen (fi)
• French: néerlandais (fr), hollandais (fr)
• German: niederlandisch, holländisch (de)
• Greek: ολλανδικός (el) (ollandikós)
• Hungarian: holland (hu)
• Indonesian: Belanda (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: hollandese, nederlandese (ia)
• Italian: olandese (it)
• Japanese: オランダ (ja) (Oranda), ネーデルランド (ja) (Nēderurando)
• Latvian: Nīderlandes
• Macedonian: холандски (holandski)
• Malay: Belanda
• Norwegian: nederlandsk (no)
• Persian: هلندی (fa) (holandi)
• Polish: holenderski (pl), niderlandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: holandês (pt), neerlandês (pt)
• Romanian: olandez (ro), neerlandez (ro) (rare)
• Russian: нидерла́ндский (ru) (niderlándskij), голла́ндский (ru) (gollándskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: nȉzozēmskī (sh)
• Spanish: holandés (es), neerlandés (es)
• Swedish: nederländsk (sv), holländsk (sv)
• Tagalog: holandes
• West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy), Hollânsk (fy)

Noun

1. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of netherlands.

See also

• 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, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

• Netherlands on Wikipedia.Wikipedia