netherlands
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Netherlands¹
- /ˈnɛðələndz/ UK
- /ˈnɛðɚləndz/ US
Where it comes from
From nether (“lower”) + lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either a calque or a parallel formation to Dutch Nederland.
proper noun the Netherlands · The Netherlands
- The Kingdom of the Netherlands. A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
- The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Capital and largest city: Amsterdam. The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agricultur
- the Low Countries, a region of Western Europe located around the low-lying areas in and around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, including the countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
noun The Netherlands
- Alternative letter-case form of netherlands
netherlands²
Where it comes from
Play on Netherlands, from nether + land.
noun Netherlands
- Hindquarters, butt. I remember Tofoli falling on his netherlands... Olof went hard angle on Giani and Gardini. And did they ever give him line.
- Crotch or genitals. Why does she have a 'bulge' in her 'netherlands'?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: the netherlands, holland, belgium, norway, luxembourg, sweden, france, finland, netherland, dutch, spain, frisian, austria, italy, dutchman, poland
Translations
Every language
name country in northwestern Europe — see also Holland
| Español | Países Bajos, Holanda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 네덜란드 Nedeollandeu, 화란 Hwaran, 홀란트 Hollanteu |
| 日本語 | オランダ Oranda, 蘭国 Rankoku, ネーデルランド Nēderurando, 阿蘭陀 Oranda |
| 中文 | 荷蘭 /荷兰 Hélán, 尼德蘭 /尼德兰 Nídélán |
| हिन्दी | नीदरलैण्ड nīdarlaiṇḍ, हॉलैंड hŏlaiṇḍ |
| Kiswahili | Uholanzi |
| Português | Holanda, Países Baixos, Neerlândia |
| Français | Pays-Bas, Hollande |
| Deutsch | die Niederlande, Holland |
| Italiano | Paesi Bassi, Olanda |
| Ελληνικά | Ολλανδία Ollandía, Κάτω Χώρες Káto Chóres |
| Română | Olanda, Țările de Jos |
| Русский | Нидерла́нды Niderlándy, Голла́ндия Gollándija |
| Tiếng Việt | Hà Lan |
| العربية | هُولَنْدَا hūlandā, هُولَنْدَة hūlanda |
| עברית | הוֹלַנְד hóland |
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title = {netherlands},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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