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Karibisk Nederland
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thumb|The locations of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba in the Caribbean.
thumb|Salt flats in southern Bonaire.
thumb|The Quill volcano on Sint Eustatius.
thumb|A view across Saba from Mount Scenery.
Etymology
Probably a nb nl Caribisch Nederland Caribbean Netherlands 1.
nb karibisk Nederland Caribbean the Netherlands.
Parallel calques include nn Karibisk Nederland, da Caribisk Nederland, sv Karibiska Nederländerna, de Karibische Niederlande and en Caribbean Netherlands.
Pronunciation
nb /¹kaˈriː.bɪsk ²ˈneː.dər.lan/ [kaˈɾìː.bɪ̌sk ˈnêː.də.ɭǎn]
nb eːdərlan 6
nb Ka ri bisk Ne der land
Proper noun
nb proper noun Karibisk Nederland
Caribbean Netherlands; nb a collective name for the three <<special municipalities>> of <<c/Netherlands>> in the <<r/Caribbean>>: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
nb Bonaire, Sint Eustatius og Saba utgjør Karibisk Nederland. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba make up the Caribbean Netherlands.
nb 30 December 2025 Nils Petter Thuesen Bonaire Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Bonaire Øya utgjør en kommune med spesiell status i kongeriket Nederland som den ene av BES-øyene (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius og Saba) eller Karibisk Nederland. The island constitutes a municipality with special status in the Kingdom of the Netherlands as one of the BES Islands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), or the Caribbean Netherlands. https://web.archive.org/web/20260906111406/https://snl.no/Bonaire 6 September 2026
Usage notes
nb Karibisk Nederland is a collective name, not a single administrative unit. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are three separate special municipalities of nb Nederland the Netherlands.
nb Karibisk Nederland should not be confused with nb Nederlandsk Karibia the Dutch Caribbean, the broader term that also includes Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
Synonyms
nb BES-øyene BES Islands
See also
nb De nederlandske Antillene the Netherlands Antilles
nb Kongeriket Nederlandene the Kingdom of the Netherlands
nb Nederlandsk Karibia the Dutch Caribbean
References
“Karibisk Nederland” in Store norske leksikon.
“Nederlands oversjøiske områder” in Store norske leksikon.