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Nederlandsk Karibia
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Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The six islands of the Dutch Caribbean.
thumb|The waterfront of Willemstad in Curaçao.
thumb|Windwardside and Mount Scenery on Saba.
Etymology
nb nederlandsk Karibia Dutch the Caribbean, literally “Dutch Caribbean”.
Parallel formations for the complete name include Dutch nl Nederlandse Cariben, German de Niederländische Karibik, French fr Caraïbes néerlandaises and English en Dutch Caribbean Dutch Caribbean.
Pronunciation
nb /²ˈneː.dər.lansk ¹kaˈriː.bi.a/ [ˈnêː.də.ɭǎnsk kaˈɾìː.bi.a]
nb iːbia 7
nb Ne der landsk Ka ri bi a
Proper noun
nb proper noun Nederlandsk Karibia
the Dutch Caribbean; nb region r/Caribbean, comprising the six Caribbean islands belonging to the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.
nb Nederlandsk Karibia omfatter seks øyer med ulik konstitusjonell status. The Dutch Caribbean comprises six islands with differing constitutional statuses.
nb 3 June 2026 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nederland – reiseinformasjon Regjeringen.no https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/utenrikssaker/reiseinformasjon/velg-land/reiseinfo_nederland/id2414872/ Vennligst ta kontakt med ambassaden i Haag om du har spørsmål om Nederlandsk Karibia (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba og Sint Eustatius). Please contact the embassy in The Hague if you have questions about the Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius). https://web.archive.org/web/20260804150444/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/utenrikssaker/reiseinformasjon/velg-land/reiseinfo_nederland/id2414872/ 4 August 2026
Usage notes
nb Nederlandsk Karibia is a geographical collective name rather than a single administrative unit.
Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten are self-governing constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are special municipalities of nb Nederland the Netherlands.
It should not be confused with nb Karibisk Nederland the Caribbean Netherlands, which comprises only Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Related terms
nb Karibisk Nederland Caribbean Netherlands
nb Kongeriket Nederlandene Kingdom of the Netherlands
nb Nederland the Netherlands
References
“Nederlandsk Karibia” in Store norske leksikon.
“Nederlands oversjøiske områder” in Store norske leksikon.
“Nederland – reiseinformasjon”, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“nederlandsk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok.