Netherlands
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- proper noun
- /ˈnɛðərləndz/
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Países Bajos
- The Netherlands is known for its beautiful canals and vibrant tulip fields.
- the Netherlands and Belgium
- Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Denmark and the Netherlands
And Connie, you are based in in the Netherlands and in Belgium.
- And Connie, you are based in in the Netherlands and in Belgium.
- Great goal and we expected the Netherlands to continue that that rhythm.
- It's been developed in in the Netherlands and it works really quite well.
- We have schools, religious schools in the Netherlands paid for by the government.
- You're very close to the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam.
- So punting it to governments is great in the Netherlands, not so great in most of the world.
- The UK doesn't seem as up to date as, let's say, the Netherlands.
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Well, I'm from the Netherlands, so it's different where I'm from.
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And of course, as you know, the people of the Netherlands have fought a constant battle against water.
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We have schools, religious schools in the Netherlands paid for by the government.
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It's been developed in in the Netherlands and it works really quite well.
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Germany and the Netherlands also saw nuclear power as a solution to energy supply concerns.
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There was a young prince from the Netherlands who decided to seek out the treasury.
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In Group E, Cameroon went down 2-1 to the Netherlands.
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The smoking ban in the Netherlands means you can smoke cannabis but not tobacco in a coffee shop.
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You're very close to the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam.
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The company has designed flood-control structures in St. Petersburg, Venice, and the Netherlands.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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An area in the western part of the Netherlands that people often call the whole country
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A country in western Europe with much land below sea level, known for canals and tulip fields
Compounds
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A former group of Caribbean islands north of Venezuela that the Netherlands governed until 2010
A country made of the Netherlands and the Caribbean countries Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten
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Etymology
Netherlands comes from old words nether 'low' and lands 'lands', so it literally means 'low lands'. That fits the country because much of it is low and near the sea, with some areas below sea level.