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netherlands

/ˈnɛðɚləndz/

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What does netherlands mean?

noun

  1. (slang) Hindquarters, butt.
  2. (slang) Crotch or genitals.
  3. (slang) Alternative letter-case form of netherlands.
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. The Kingdom of the Netherlands. A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
  2. The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Capital and largest city: Amsterdam.
  3. (historical, rare) 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.

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At last the brave Piccolomini arrived from the Netherlands, to assume the command of the feeble wreck of the Imperialists.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
In the Netherlands only a few years ago, was a church dedicated to a black goddess.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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Luxembourg participates in an economic union with Belgium on trade and most financial matters and is also closely connected economically with the Netherlands.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
Mr. Motley, therefore, in describing the rise and progress of the united republic of the Netherlands, is writing not Dutch but European history.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
For this, he was banished to the Netherlands; but he soon returned and had an interview with his father, unknown to his uncle.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699