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Low Countries
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English
Proper noun
Low Countries 1 en pluralonly
en Q476033en historical region r/Western Europe consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt and Maas rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Usage notes
The term is rare in modern usage and tends to be replaced with en Benelux, coined during World War II.
Translations
countries around the Rhine, Scheldt and Meuse rivers
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 低地國家 Dīdì Guójiā
Dutch: nl Lage Landen p, nl Nederlanden p
Greek: el Κάτω Χώρες f-p
Hebrew: he אַרְצוֹת הַשְּׁפֵלָה f-p artzót hashfelá
Hungarian: hu Németalföld
Indonesian: id Negeri Rendah
Japanese: ja 低地地域 ていちちいき, Teichi Chiiki
Polish: pl Niderlandy nv-p
Russian: ru Ни́жние зе́мли f-p
Spanish: es Países Bajos m-p
Thai: th กลุ่มประเทศแผ่นดินต่ำ
See also
en Benelux
en Netherlands