Netherlands

netherlands English thumb|National flag of the Netherlands Alternative forms en The Netherlands Etymology en :af nether<id:lower> land<alt:lands> 1 From en nether land lower lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either a calque or a parallel formation to nl Nederland. Pronunciation en /ˈnɛðələndz/ RP nĕthʹər-ləndz GA, en /ˈnɛðɚləndz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Netherlands.wav UK en en-us-Netherlands.ogg US en Neth er lands Proper noun 1 - the Netherlands en Q29999 The Kingdom of the Netherlands. en country r/Western Europe consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. en Q55en The main <<constituent country>> of the <<c/Kingdom of the Netherlands>>, located primarily in <<r/Western Europe>> bordering Germany and Belgium Amsterdam. en Bryony Jones Why is unity so important to Europe? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/europe/european-unity-explainer 2012-09-06 The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202093516/https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/04/world/europe/european-unity-explainer en en rare chiefly historical 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 en Holland formally refers to the provinces of North Holland and South Holland, but often colloquially used to refer to the entire country en Benelux collective term for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg Derived terms en Caribbean Netherlands Netherlandic Nexit Netherlands Antilles Netherlander Austrian Netherlands United Netherlands Netherlandish United Kingdom of the Netherlands Descendants jam Nedalanz as নেদাৰলেণ্ড nedarlend 1 my နယ်သာလန် naisalan 1 kw Iseldiryow 1 th เนเธอร์แลนด์ nee-tə̂ə-lɛɛn 1 cy Iseldiroedd 1 yo Nẹdalandi 1 Translations Q55 country in northwestern Europe Holland Abkhaz: ab Ҳоландиа Acehnese: ace Blanda, ace Beulanda Afrikaans: af Nederland, af Holland Albanian: sq Holandë f indefinite, sq Holanda f definite Ambonese Malay: abs walanda Amharic: am ሆላንድ Antillean Creole: gcf Péyi Ba m-p Arabic: ar هُولَنْدَا f, ar هُولَنْدَة f Hijazi Arabic: acw هولندا f hōlanda Aragonese: an Países Baxos m-p Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܗܘܿܠܵܢܕܵܐ f holanda Armenian: hy Նիդերլանդներ p, hy Հոլանդիա Aromanian: rup Ulandii f, rup Ulandie f, rup Olande f indefinite, rup Ulandia f, rup Olanda f definite Assamese: as নেদাৰলেণ্ড nedarlend Asturian: ast Países Baxos m-p, ast Holanda f Azerbaijani: az Niderland, az Hollandiya Bashkir: ba Нидерландтар p Basque: eu Herbehereak, eu Holanda Belarusian: be Нідэрла́нды m-p, be Гала́ндыя f, be Нідэрля́нды m-p, be Галя́ндыя f Bengali: bn নেদারল্যান্ডস, bn হল্যান্ড Breton: br Izelvroioù Bulgarian: bg Хола́ндия f, bg Нидерла́ндия f Burmese: my နယ်သာလန်နိုင်ငံ, my နယ်သာလန်, my ဟော်လန် Buryat: bua Нидерланд Carpathian Rusyn: rue Нідерла́нды p, rue Гола́ндія f Catalan: els ca Països Baixos m-p, ca Holanda f Chechen: ce Нидерландаш Chichewa: ny Maiko Otsika 6 Chinese: Cantonese: yue 荷蘭 Eastern Min: cdo 荷蘭 Hakka: hak 荷蘭 Hò-làn / Hò-nàn Hokkien: nan-hbl 荷蘭 Hô-lân / Hô-lan Mandarin: cmn 荷蘭, cmn 尼德蘭 Wu: wuu 荷蘭 Cornish: kw Iseldiryow Corsican: co Paesi Bassi m-p Crimean Tatar: crh Felemenk Czech: cs Nizozemsko n, cs Holandsko n Danish: da Nederlandene n-p, da Holland c Dhivehi: dv ނެދަލޭންޑު Dutch: nl Nederland n, nl Holland n in some contexts Dzongkha: dz ནེ་དར་ལེནཌསི་ Esperanto: eo Nederlando Estonian: et Holland, et Madalmaad p Farefare: gur Olanda Faroese: fo Niðurlond n-p, fo Háland n Finnish: fi Alankomaat p, fi Hollanti French: fr Pays-Bas m-p, fr Hollande f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Nederlönje Saterland Frisian: stq Niederlounde West Frisian: fy Nederlân n Galician: gl Países Baixos m-p Georgian: ka ნიდერლანდი, ka ნიდერლანდები, ka ჰოლანდია German: die de Niederlande n-p, de Holland n Greek: el Ολλανδία f, el Κάτω Χώρες f-p Ancient Greek: grc Βαταυΐα f Greenlandic: kl Pukkitsormiut Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Tetãnguéra Yvýi Gujarati: gu નેધરલેંડ Hausa: ha Holan Hawaiian: haw Nekelana Hebrew: he הוֹלַנְד f hóland Hindi: hi नीदरलैण्ड m, hi हॉलैंड m Hungarian: hu Hollandia Hunsrik: hrx Nitterlande p Icelandic: is Niðurlönd n-p, is Holland n Ido: io Nederlando Indonesian: id Belanda Interlingua: ia Pais Basse, ia Nederland, ia Hollanda, ia Nederlandia Irish: ga Ollainn f An Ollainn, ga Ísiltír f An Ísiltír Italian: it Paesi Bassi m-p, it Olanda f Jamaican Creole: jam Nedalanz p Japanese: ja オランダ Oranda, rare ja 蘭国 らんこく, Rankoku, ja ネーデルランド Nēderurando, ja 阿蘭陀 オランダ, Oranda Javanese: jv Walanda, jv Londo, jv Nèderlan Kannada: kn ನೆದರ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ Kashubian: csb Néderlandzkô f Kazakh: kk Нидерланд, kk Голландия Khmer: km ហូឡង់, km ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ Korean: ko ^네덜란드, ko ^네데를란드 North Korea, ko ^화란(和蘭) dated, ko ^홀란트 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Holenda, kmr Holanda Kyrgyz: ky Нидерланддар p, ky Нидерланд, ky Голландия Lao: lo ໂຮນລັງ, lo ເນເທີແລນດ໌ Latin: la Nederlandia f New Latin, la Batā̆via f New Latin Latvian: lv Nīderlande f, lv Holande f Lithuanian: lt Nyderlandai p, lt Olandija f Livonian: liv Madālizmōd liv Holand Low German: nds de Nederlanne Lü: khb ᦷᦆᧉᦟᦱᧃᧉ Luxembourgish: lb Holland n Macedonian: mk Холандија f Malay: ms Belanda Malayalam: ml നെതർലന്റ്സ് Maltese: mt Olanda f l-Olanda, mt Pajjiżi Baxxi p il-Pajjiżi Baxxi Manchu: mnc ᡥᠣ᠋ ᠯᠠᠨ Māori: mi Hōrana Marathi: mr नेदरलँड्स Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Нидерланд, mn Голланд Mongolian script: mn ᠨᠢᠳ᠋ᠧᠷᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋, mn ᠾᠣᠯᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ Muna: mnb Walanda Nahuatl: nah Batavia Nauruan: na Eben Eyong Navajo: nv Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah Nepali: ne नेदरल्याण्ड्स Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Nederland n, nb Holland n Nynorsk: nn Nederland n, nn Holland n Occitan: oc Païses Basses m-p Odia: or ନେଦରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Нидєрландꙑ p modern Ossetian: os Нидерландтӕ Papiamentu: pap Hulanda Pashto: ps هالېنډ m hālenḍ Pennsylvania German: pdc Niederlande n-p Persian: Dari: prs هَالَنْد Iranian Persian: fa-ira هُلَنْد, fa-ira فِلَمَنْک dated Plautdietsch: pdt Hollaunt n Polish: pl Niderlandy p, pl Holandia f, formal pl Królestwo Niderlandów n Portuguese: pt Holanda f, pt Países Baixos m-p, pt Neerlândia f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਨੀਦਰਲੈਂਡਜ਼ Rarotongan: rar ʻŌrani Réunion Creole French: rcf Péï-Ba m-p Romanian: ro Olanda f, ro Țările de Jos f-p Romansh: rm Pajais Bass m-p Russian: ru Нидерла́нды m-p, ru Голла́ндия f Sami: Northern Sami: se Vuolleeatnamat Sanskrit: sa नेदरलैंड्स modern Sardinian: sc Paisos Bàscios m-p, sc Olanda f Scots: sco Netherlands p Scottish Gaelic: gd Òlaind f An Òlaind, gd Tirean Ìsle m Na Tìrean Ìsle Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ни̏зозе̄мска̄ f, sh Хола̀ндија f Latin: sh Nȉzozēmskā f, sh Holàndija f Sicilian: scn Pajisi Vaxi m-p, scn Ulanna f Silesian: szl Ńiderlandy p Sinhalese: si නෙදර්ලන්තය Slovak: sk Holandsko n Slovene: sl Nizozémska f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Nižozemska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Nižozemska f Spanish: es Países Bajos m-p, es Holanda f Sranan Tongo: srn Bakrakondre, srn Ptatakondre, srn Ptata Sundanese: su Walanda Swahili: sw Uholanzi Swedish: sv Nederländerna n-p, sv Holland n Tagalog: tl Olanda Tahitian: ty Horane Tajik: tg Нидерланд, tg Ҳоланд Tamil: ta நெதர்லாந்து Tatar: tt Нидерландлар p, tt Голландия Telugu: te నెదర్లాండ్ Thai: th เนเธอร์แลนด์, th ฮอลแลนด์, th ฮอลันดา Tibetan: bo ཧོ་ལན Tigrinya: ti ኔዘርላንድ, ti ሆላንድ Tongan: to Netaleni, to Holani Turkish: tr Hollanda Ottoman Turkish: ota ندرلانده nedirlanda, ota فلمنك felemenk Turkmen: tk Niderlandlar p, tk Gollandiýa Ukrainian: uk Нідерла́нди m-p, uk Голла́ндія f Urdu: ur نِیدَرْلَینْڈ m, ur ہالَینْڈ m, ur وَلَنْدیز m, ur ہولانْت m, ur وَلَنْدِسْتان m, ur نیدَرْلینْڈ, ur نیدرلینڈز Uyghur: ug گوللاندىيە Uzbek: uz Niderlandlar p, uz Niderlandiya, uz Gollandiya Vietnamese: vi Hà Lan (vi 荷蘭) Vilamovian: wym Nejderłaond n Volapük: vo Nedän Welsh: cy Iseldiroedd m-p yr Iseldiroedd West Flemish: vls Nederland n Yakut: sah Нидерланд Yiddish: yi האָלאַנד n, yi נידערלאַנדן p Yoruba: yo Nẹ́dálaǹdì Zhuang: za Hozlanz Noun p en slang en netherlands. See also Appendix:Countries of the world Further reading en terms prefixed with nether- en adjective-noun compound nouns exonyms