boven de rivieren

Dutch

De grote rivieren.

Etymology

Literally, “above the rivers”, that is the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which as part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta form a natural border between two larger religiocultural regions of the Low Countries (with the Rivierengebied forming a transitional region).

Prepositional phrase

boven de rivieren

1. (idiomatic) In the northern Netherlands: to the north of the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which separate the Catholic southern provinces from the northern, largely Protestant parts of the Low Countries.

   Synonym: boven de Moerdijk

   Antonyms: onder de rivieren, beneden de rivieren, beneden de Moerdijk, onder de Moerdijk