Netherlands

Netherlands

See also: netherlands

English

Alternative forms

• The Netherlands

Etymology

From nether (“lower”) +‎ lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Compare Dutch Nederland.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛðələndz/
• (General American) enPR: nĕthʹər-ləndz, IPA^(key): /ˈnɛðɚləndz/

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• Hyphenation: Neth‧er‧lands

Proper noun

the Netherlands (usually uncountable, plural the Netherlands)

1. The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in northwestern Europe bordering Germany and Belgium.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Netherlands.
2. The Kingdom of the Netherlands

Synonyms

• Holland (formally refers to the provinces of North Holland and South Holland, but often colloquially used to refer to the entire country)

Derived terms

• Netherlander
• Netherlandish

Translations

country in northwestern Europe — See also translations at Holland

Abkhaz: Ҳоландиа (Ḥolandja) Acehnese: Blanda, Beulanda Afrikaans: Nederland (af) Albanian: Holandë f (indefinite), Holanda (sq) f (definite) Ambonese Malay: walanda Amharic: ሆላንድ (holand) Arabic: هُولَنْدَا‎ (ar) f (holandā), هُولَنْدَة‎ f (holanda) Hijazi Arabic: هولندا‎ f (hōlanda) Aragonese: Países Baxos m pl Armenian: Նիդերլանդներ pl (Niderlandner), Հոլանդիա (Holandia) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܘܿܠܵܢܕܵܐ‎ f (holanda) Asturian: Países Baxos (ast) m pl, Holanda (ast) f Azerbaijani: Niderland (az), Hollandiya Bashkir: Нидерландтар pl (Niderlandtar) Basque: Herbehereak (eu) Belarusian: Нідэрла́нды m pl (Niderlándy), Гала́ндыя f (Halándyja), Нідэрля́нды m pl (Niderljándy), Галя́ндыя f (Haljándyja) Bengali: নেদারল্যান্ডস (bn) (nedarôlẏanḍôsô), হল্যান্ (hôlẏan) Breton: Izelvroioù (br) Bulgarian: Хола́ндия (bg) f (Holándija), Нидерла́ндия f (Niderlándija) Burmese: နယ်သာလန်နိုင်ငံ (naisalannuingngam), နယ်သာလန် (naisalan), ဟော်လန် (haulan) Catalan: els Països Baixos (ca) m pl, Holanda f Chinese: Cantonese: 荷蘭／荷兰, 荷兰 (ho4 laan4-1) Mandarin: 荷蘭／荷兰 (zh) (Hélán), 尼德蘭／尼德兰 (zh) (Nídélán) Min Nan: 荷蘭／荷兰, 荷兰 (Hô-lân, Hô-lan) Cornish: Iseldiryow Corsican: Paesi Bassi m pl Crimean Tatar: Felemenk Czech: Nizozemsko (cs) n, Holandsko (cs) n Danish: Nederlandene (da) n pl, Holland (da) c Dhivehi: ނެދަލޭންޑު‎ (nedalēn̊ḍu) Dutch: Nederland (nl) n Dzongkha: ནེ་དར་ལེནཌསི་ (ne dar lenḍsi) Esperanto: Nederlando (eo) Estonian: Holland (et), Madalmaad (et) pl Farefare: Tẽntẽnnɔ pl Faroese: Niðurlond n pl, Háland n Finnish: Alankomaat (fi) pl, Hollanti (fi) French: Pays-Bas (fr) m pl, Hollande (fr) f Galician: Países Baixos (gl) m pl Georgian: ნიდერლანდი (niderlandi), ნიდერლანდები (niderlandebi), ჰოლანდია (holandia) German: die Niederlande (de) n pl Greek: Ολλανδία (el) f (Ollandía) Ancient: Βαταυΐα f (Batauḯa) Greenlandic: Pukkitsormiut Gujarati: નેધરલેંડ (nedharleṇḍ) Hausa: Holan Hebrew: הוֹלַנְד‎ (he) f (hóland) Hindi: नीदरलैण्ड (hi) m (nīdarlaiṇḍ), हॉलैंड m (hŏlaiṇḍ) Hungarian: Hollandia (hu), Németalföld (hu) Hunsrik: Nitterlande pl Icelandic: Niðurlönd n pl, Holland (is) n Ido: Nederlando (io) Indonesian: Belanda (id) Interlingua: Pais Basse, Nederland, Hollanda, Nederlandia Irish: An Ollainn f, An Ísiltír f, Ríocht na hÍsiltíre f Italian: Paesi Bassi (it) m pl, Olanda (it) f Jamaican Creole: Nedalanz pl Japanese: オランダ (ja) (Oranda), (rare) 蘭国 (らんこく, Rankoku), ネーデルランド (ja) (Nēderurando), 阿蘭陀 (ja) (Oranda) Javanese: Walanda (jv), Londo Kannada: ನೆದರ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ (kn) (nedar‍lyāṇḍs) Kazakh: Нидерланд (Niderland), Голландия (Gollandiä) Khmer: ហូឡង់ (km) (houlɑng), ណេដឺរឡន់ថ៍ (needəɨlɑn) Korean: 네덜란드 (ko) (Nedeollandeu), 네데를란드 (ko) (Nedereullandeu) (North Korea), 화란(和蘭) (ko) (Hwaran) (dated), 홀란트 (Hollanteu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Holenda (ku), Holanda (ku) Kyrgyz: Нидерланддар pl (Niderlanddar), Нидерланд (Niderland), Голландия (Gollandiya) Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (lo) (hōn lang), ເນເທີແລນດ໌ (nē thœ̄ lǣn da) Latin: Nederlandia f, Batavia f Latvian: Nīderlande f, Holande f Lithuanian: Nyderlandai (lt) pl, Olandija (lt) f Livonian: Holand Low German: de Nederlanne Luxembourgish: Holland (lb) n Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦟᦱᧃᧉ (xo²laan²) Macedonian: Холандија (mk) f (Holandija) Malay: Belanda Malayalam: നെതർലന്റ്സ് (netaṟlanṟsŭ) Maltese: l-Olanda f, il-Pajjiżi Baxxi Manchu: ᡥᠣ᠋ ᠯᠠᠨ Maori: Hōrana (mi) Marathi: नेदरलँड्स (nedarlĕṇḍsa) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Нидерланд (Niderland), Голланд (Golland) Nahuatl: Batavia Nauruan: Eben Eyong Navajo: Tsin Bikeeʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah Nepali: नेदरल्याण्ड्स (nedaralyāṇḍs) North Frisian: Nederlönje Northern Sami: Vuolleeatnamat Norwegian: Bokmål: Nederland (no) n, Holland n Occitan: Païses Basses (oc) m pl Ottoman Turkish: ندرلانده‎ (nedirlanda) Pashto: هالېنډ‎ m (hālenḍ) Persian: هلند‎ (fa) (holand) Plautdietsch: Hollaunt n Polish: Niderlandy (pl) pl, Holandia (pl) f, (formal) Królestwo Niderlandów (pl) n Portuguese: Holanda (pt) f, Países Baixos (pt) m pl, Neerlândia f Rarotongan: ‘Ōrani Romanian: Olanda (ro) f, Țările de Jos (ro) f pl Romansch: Pajais Bass m pl Russian: Нидерла́нды (ru) m pl (Niderlándy), Голла́ндия (ru) f (Gollándija) Sanskrit: नेदरलैंड्स (nedaralaiṃḍsa) Sardinian: Paisos Bàscios m pl, Olanda f Saterland Frisian: Niederlounde Scots: Netherlands pl Scottish Gaelic: An Olaind f, An Talamh Ìseal m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ни̏зозе̄мска̄ f, Хола̀ндија f Roman: Nȉzozēmskā (sh) f, Holàndija (sh) f Silesian: Ńiderlandy pl Sinhalese: නෙදර්ලන්තය (nedarlantaya) Slovak: Holandsko (sk) n Slovene: Nizozémska (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Nižozemska f Upper Sorbian: Nižozemska f Spanish: Países Bajos (es) m pl, Holanda (es) f Sranan Tongo: Bakrakondre, Ptatakondre, Ptata Sundanese: Walanda Swahili: Uholanzi (sw) Swedish: Nederländerna (sv) n pl, Holland (sv) n Tagalog: Olanda Tahitian: Horane Tajik: Нидерланд (Niderland), Ҳоланд (Holand) Tamil: நெதர்லாந்து (ta) (netarlāntu) Tatar: Нидерландлар pl (Niderlandlar), Голландия (Ğollandiya) Telugu: నెదర్లాండ్ (nedarlāṇḍ) Thai: เนเธอร์แลนด์ (th) (nee-tə̂ə-lɛɛn), ฮอลแลนด์ (th) (hɔn-lɛɛn), ฮอลันดา (th) (hɔɔ-lan-daa) Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan) Tigrinya: ኔዘርላንድ (nezärland), ሆላንድ (holand) Tongan: Netaleni, Holani Turkish: Hollanda (tr) Turkmen: Niderlandlar pl, Gollandiýa Ukrainian: Нідерла́нди (uk) m pl (Niderlándy), Голла́ндія f (Hollándija) Urdu: نیدرلینڈ‎ m (nīdarlaiṇḍ), ہالینڈ‎ m (holaiṇḍ), ہولانت‎ m (holānḍ) Uyghur: گوللاندىيە‎ (gollandiye) Uzbek: Niderlandlar (uz) pl, Niderlandiya (uz), Gollandiya Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭) Vilamovian: Nejderłaond n Volapük: Nedän (vo) Welsh: yr Iseldiroedd (cy) m pl West Frisian: Nederlân (fy) Yiddish: האָלאַנד‎ n (holand), נידערלאַנדן‎ pl (niderlandn) Yoruba: Nedalandi Zhuang: Hozlanz

Adjective

Netherlands (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to the Netherlands.

Synonyms

• Dutch
• Netherlandish
• Netherlandic

Translations

pertaining to the Netherlands

Afrikaans: Nederlands (af) Armenian: նիդերլանդական (niderlandakan), հոլանդական (hy) (holandakan) Basque: herbeheretar, nederlandar, holandar Catalan: holandès (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 荷蘭的／荷兰的 (zh) (Hélán de) Czech: nizozemský (cs), holandský (cs) Danish: hollandsk, nederlandsk (da) Dutch: Nederlands (nl), Hollands (nl) Esperanto: nederlanda (eo) Estonian: hollandi, madalmaade pl Faroese: niðurlendskur Finnish: hollantilainen (fi), alankomaalainen (fi) French: néerlandais (fr), hollandais (fr) German: niederländisch (de), holländisch (de) Greek: ολλανδικός (el) (ollandikós) Hungarian: holland (hu) Indonesian: Belanda (id) Interlingua: hollandese, nederlandese (ia) Italian: olandese (it) Japanese: オランダ (ja) (Oranda), ネーデルランド (ja) (Nēderurando) Latvian: Nīderlandes Macedonian: холандски (holandski) Malay: Belanda Norwegian: nederlandsk (no) Persian: هلندی‎ (fa) (holandi) Polish: niderlandzki (pl), holenderski (pl) Portuguese: holandês (pt), neerlandês (pt) Romanian: olandez (ro), neerlandez (ro) (rare) Russian: нидерла́ндский (ru) (niderlándskij), голла́ндский (ru) (gollándskij) Serbo-Croatian: nȉzozēmskī (sh) Spanish: holandés (es), neerlandés (es) Swedish: nederländsk (sv), holländsk (sv) Tagalog: holandes West Frisian: Nederlânsk (fy), Hollânsk (fy)

Noun

Netherlands pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of netherlands.

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

• Netherlands on Wikipedia.Wikipedia