Países Baixos

See also: países baixos

Galician

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nederland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈisɪs ˈβajʃʊs/

Proper noun

Países Baixos m pl

1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)

Portuguese

Países Baixos

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nederland.

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

1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten; official name: Reino dos Países Baixos)

   Synonyms: (dated or informal; proscribed) Holanda, (rare or poetic) Neerlândia

   • 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…

Derived terms

• países baixos