Netherlands
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English
Etymology
From nether, lower + lands, the country being very low-lying, with some parts below sea level.
Proper noun
the Netherlands
- A country in north western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Synonyms
- Holland (although, strictly speaking, this is incorrect as Holland is a region of the Netherlands)
- the Low Countries
Translations
- Bosnian: Nizozemska f, Holandija f
- Breton: Izelvroioù
- Catalan: els Països Baixos, Holanda
- Cornish: Iseldiryow
- Czech: Nizozemsko n, Holandsko n
- Chinese: 荷兰
- Danish: Nederlandene
- Dutch: Nederland
- Esperanto: Nederlando
- Finnish: Alankomaat plural, Hollanti
- French: les Pays-Bas m plural, la Hollande
- Frisian: Nederlân
- German: die Niederlande, Holland
- Greek: Κάτω Χώρες
- Hebrew: הולנד
- Hungarian: Hollandia
- Indonesian: Belanda
- Interlingua: Hollanda, Paises Basse, Nederland
- Italian: Paesi Bassi m plural, Olanda f
- Japanese: オランダ (oranda)
- Malay: Belanda
- Polish: Holandia f, Niderlandy plural (rare)
- Portuguese: Holanda, Países Baixos, Neerlândia
- Romanian: Olanda f, Ţările de Jos
- Russian: Нидерланды
- Slovak: Holandsko n
- Slovene: Nizozemska f
- Spanish: Países Bajos
- Swedish: Nederländerna n pl, Holland n
- Turkish: Hollanda
Adjective
Netherlands
- Of or pertaining to the Netherlands
Synonyms
Translations
- Catalan: holandès
- Czech: nizozemský m, nizozemská f, nizozemské n
- Dutch: Nederlands
- Finnish: hollantilainen, alankomaalainen
- French: Néerlandais, Hollandais
- Frisian: Nederlânsk, Hollânsk
- German: niederlandisch, holländisch
- Indonesian: Belanda
- Interlingua: hollandese, nederlandese
- Japanese: オランダ, ネーデルランド
- Malay: Belanda
- Portuguese: holandês, neerlandês
- Romanian: olandez m, olandeză f, olandezi m pl, olandeze f pl
- Polish: holenderski, niderlandzki
See also
- Countries of the world
- w:Netherlands
