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Austrian Netherlands
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English
thumb|right|250px|The Austrian Netherlands in 1789
Proper noun
en Q700283en plurale tantum historical en A <<former dependent territory>> of the Austrian Empire, consisting of the southern part of the Low Countries (modern <<c/Netherlands,Belgium,Luxembourg>>) from 1714 to 1797, when they were annexed by France.
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:
CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...
Coordinate terms
en Belgium, en Netherlands, en Spanish Netherlands
Translations
Dutch: nl Oostenrijkse Nederlanden
French: fr Pays-Bas Autrichiens
German: de Österreichische Niederlande
Latin: la Belgium Austriacum