The Netherlands
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1.8
- proper noun
- /ðə ˈnɛðərləndz/
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Países Bajos
- The Netherlands is known for its extensive cycling paths and beautiful countryside.
- travelers from The Netherlands
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- The Netherlands and Belgium
There's a couple of guys from the Netherlands, really cool guys, a few German guys.
- There's a couple of guys from the Netherlands, really cool guys, a few German guys.
- And, you know, the, the, the range goes from the Netherlands to Russia.
- We're heading into the middle, into the Netherlands.
- The USI would remain tied to the Netherlands under the Dutch crown in a Dutch Indonesian Union.
- The lands of his family were in what is now Belgium, western Germany, the Netherlands and northeastern France.
- OK, we are in the longest church in the Netherlands.
- He had his PhD in metallurgy from the University of Delft in the Netherlands.
- Leading the charge have been Marine Le Pen in France and Hert Wilders in the Netherlands.
- Apart from right now we need a smash cut to somewhere in the Netherlands.
- It was not at all in Germany's interest to cut off trade and transports between the Netherlands and the Dutch E Indies.
- And you either like the Netherlands or Nuclear Security.
Examples
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ALL: Welcome to the Netherlands.
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West Germany imports many of the same fishery products from the Netherlands as it does from Denmark.
Academic text (1990) -
If you live in the Netherlands or Germany then you can get my book Doing It in Your Language.
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Yes, the Netherlands where they have happy people and healthcare.
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The representative of the Netherlands will now sign.
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A research team in the Netherlands claims that Earth has a previously unknown tectonic plate.
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In that connection, we welcome the questions posed by the delegate from the Netherlands.
Academic text (1990) -
During the 1980s, he had been Ambassador to the Netherlands, and then Ambassador at Large for Counter-Terrorism.
Academic text (2013) -
Lanting was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and now lives in Santa Cruz, California.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many tourists visit the Netherlands to see the famous windmills and tulip fields.
Synonyms
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2.3
An area in the western part of the Netherlands that people often call the whole country
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1.0
A country in western Europe by the North Sea with much land below sea level, known for windmills and tulips
A country made of the Netherlands and the Caribbean countries Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + Netherlands
This is a compositional country name: the definite article 'The' plus 'Netherlands' which already denotes the country (literally the low lands). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily recognize it as the name of a country; the article adds only grammatical specificity, so the meaning is transparent.
Etymology
The Netherlands comes from old words meaning nether 'low' and lands 'land'. So the name gives a simple picture: it refers to a country of low ground, with much land below sea level and protected from the sea.