Países Baixos

See also: países baixos

Galician

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nederland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈisɪs ˈβajʃʊs/

Proper noun

Países Baixos m pl (plural only)

1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. 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)
3. 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.

   Synonym: Benelux

Portuguese

Países Baixos

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nederland. Cognate with Sicilian Pajisi Vaxi.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈi.ziz ˈbaj.ʃus/ [paˈi.ziz ˈbaɪ̯.ʃus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈi.ziz ˈbaj.ʃus/ [paˈi.ziz ˈbaɪ̯.ʃus]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paˈi.ziʒ ˈbaj.ʃuʃ/ [paˈi.ziʒ ˈbaɪ̯.ʃuʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈi.zez ˈbaj.ʃos/ [paˈi.zez ˈbaɪ̯.ʃos]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈi.zɨʒ ˈbaj.ʃuʃ/ [pɐˈi.zɨʒ ˈβaj.ʃuʃ]

Proper noun

Países Baixos m pl (plural only)

1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. 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)
   • 2017, Chacham Dr. Pinchas Toledano, E.H. Rosenberg, editors, חמישה חומשי תורה ותפילות לשבת כמנהג ק׳׳ק תלמוד תורה אמשטרדם [Five Books of the Torah and Prayers for Sabbath per the Practice of the Holy Community Talmud Torah in Amsterdam] (prayer book; hardcover; overall work in Hebrew, English, Dutch, and Portuguese), Jerusalem: Koren Publishers Jerusalem, →ISBN, תפלות לשבת, page 111:

     A sua Majestade el Rei dos Países Baixos e sua Real Consorte…

     To his Majesty the King of the Netherlands and his Royal Consort…

3. 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

• Reino dos Países Baixos (“Kingdom of the Netherlands”) (country, officially)
• Holanda (country, proscribed)
• Neerlândia (country, rare or poetic)
• Batávia (country, rare or poetic)
• Benelux (region)
• Bélgica (region, historical or obsolete)

Derived terms

• países baixos

See also

countries in Europe: países da Europa (appendix)edit

• Albânia
• Alemanha
• Andorra
• Armênia (Brazil) ~ Arménia (Portugal)
• Áustria
• Azerbaijão
• Bélgica
• Bielorrússia ~ Belarus
• Bósnia e Herzegovina (Brazil) ~ Bósnia-Herzegovina (Portugal)
• Bulgária
• Cazaquistão
• Chipre
• Cosovo ~ Kosovo
• Croácia
• Dinamarca
• Eslováquia
• Eslovênia (Brazil) ~ Eslovénia (Portugal)
• Espanha
• Estônia (Brazil) ~ Estónia (Portugal)
• Finlândia
• França
• Geórgia
• Grécia
• Hungria
• Irlanda
• Islândia
• Itália
• Letônia (Brazil) ~ Letónia (Portugal)
• Liechtenstein
• Lituânia
• Luxemburgo
• Macedônia do Norte (Brazil) ~ Macedónia do Norte (Portugal)
• Malta
• Moldávia ~ Moldova
• Mônaco (Brazil) ~ Mónaco (Portugal)
• Montenegro
• Noruega
• Países Baixos ~ Holanda (informal)
• Polônia (Brazil) ~ Polónia (Portugal)
• Portugal
• Reino Unido
• República Tcheca / Tchéquia (Brazil) ~ República Checa / Chéquia (Portugal)
• Romênia (Brazil) ~ Roménia (Portugal)
• Rússia
• San Marino
• Sérvia
• Suécia
• Suíça
• Turquia
• Ucrânia
• Vaticano