Niderlandy

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Niederlande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲi.dɛrˈlan.dɘ/

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• Rhymes: -andɘ
• Syllabification: Ni‧der‧lan‧dy

Proper noun

Niderlandy nvir

1. Low Countries (a historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Maas rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg)
2. (historical) the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (a former country in Western Europe)
3. (occasionally proscribed) Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

   Synonyms: Holandia, (formal, long form) Królestwo Niderlandów

Usage notes

The use of Niderlandy as the short form of the country's name is prescribed by the European Union. This usage, however, is discouraged by the Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names in Poland, which advises using Holandia instead.

Declension

Declension of Niderlandy

	plural
nominative	Niderlandy
genitive	Niderlandów
dative	Niderlandom
accusative	Niderlandy
instrumental	Niderlandami
locative	Niderlandach
vocative	Niderlandy

Related terms

adjective

• niderlandzki

nouns

• Holandia
• Holender
• Holenderka
• Niderlandczyk
• Niderlandka

Further reading

• “Niderlandy”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)