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. Either a calque or a parallel formation to Dutch Nederland.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Neth‧er‧lands

Proper noun

the Netherlands (usually uncountable, plural the Netherlands)

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.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Netherlands.
4. A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

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

• Austrian Netherlands
• Netherlander
• Netherlandish
• United Netherlands

 

Translations

country in northwestern Europe — see also Holland

• Abkhaz: Ҳоландиа (Ḥolandja)
• Acehnese: Blanda, Beulanda
• Afrikaans: Nederland (af), Holland (af)
• Albanian: Holandë f (indefinite), Holanda (sq) f (definite)
• Ambonese Malay: walanda
• Amharic: ሆላንድ (holand)
• Antillean Creole: Péyi Ba m pl
• Arabic: هُولَنْدَا (ar) f (holandā), هُولَنْدَة f (holanda)

  Hijazi Arabic: هولندا f (hōlanda)

• Aragonese: Países Baxos m pl
• Armenian: Նիդերլանդներ pl (Niderlandner), Հոլանդիա (Holandia)
• Aromanian: Ulandii f, Ulandie f, Olande f (indefinite), Ulandia f, Olanda f (definite)
• Assamese: নেদাৰলেণ্ড (nedarlend)
• 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) (nedarolênḍoś), হল্যান্ (hollan)
• Breton: Izelvroioù (br)
• Bulgarian: Хола́ндия (bg) f (Holándija), Нидерла́ндия f (Niderlándija)
• Burmese: နယ်သာလန်နိုင်ငံ (naisalannuingngam), နယ်သာလန် (naisalan), ဟော်လန် (haulan)
• Buryat: Нидерланд (Nidjerland)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Нідерла́нды pl (Niderlándŷ), Гола́ндія f (Holándija)
• Catalan: els Països Baixos (ca) m pl, Holanda f
• Chechen: Нидерландаш (Niderlandaš)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荷蘭／荷兰 (ho⁴ laan^4-1)

  Eastern Min: 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hò̤-làng)

  Hakka: 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hò-làn / Hò-nàn)

  Hokkien: 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hô-lân / Hô-lan)

  Mandarin: 荷蘭／荷兰 (zh) (Hélán), 尼德蘭／尼德兰 (zh) (Nídélán)

  Wu: 荷蘭／荷兰 (⁶wu-le)

• 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, Holland (nl) n (in some contexts)
• Dzongkha: ནེ་དར་ལེནཌསི་ (ne dar lenḍsi)
• Esperanto: Nederlando (eo)
• Estonian: Holland (et), Madalmaad (et) pl
• Farefare: Tẽntẽnnɔ pl, Olanda
• 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 (ka) (niderlandebi), ჰოლანდია (holandia)
• German: die Niederlande (de) n pl, Holland (de) n
• Greek: Ολλανδία (el) f (Ollandía), Κάτω Χώρες (el) f pl (Káto Chóres)

  Ancient: Βαταυΐα f (Batauḯa)

• Greenlandic: Pukkitsormiut
• Guaraní: Tetãnguéra Yvýi
• Gujarati: નેધરલેંડ (nedharleṇḍ)
• Hausa: Holan
• Hawaiian: Nekelana
• Hebrew: הוֹלַנְד (he) f (hóland)
• Hindi: नीदरलैण्ड (hi) m (nīdarlaiṇḍ), हॉलैंड m (hŏlaiṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Hollandia (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 (ga) f
• Italian: Paesi Bassi (it) m pl, Olanda (it) f
• Jamaican Creole: Nedalanz pl
• Japanese: オランダ (ja) (Oranda), (rare) 蘭国 (ja) (らんこく, Rankoku), ネーデルランド (ja) (Nēderurando), 阿蘭陀 (ja) (オランダ, Oranda)
• Javanese: Walanda (jv), Londo
• Kannada: ನೆದರ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸ್ (kn) (nedar‍lyāṇḍs)
• Kashubian: Néderlandzkô (csb) f
• Kazakh: Нидерланд (kk) (Niderland), Голландия (kk) (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 (New Latin), Batā̆via f (New Latin)
• Latvian: Nīderlande (lv) f, Holande f
• Lithuanian: Nyderlandai (lt) pl, Olandija (lt) f
• Livonian: Madālizmōd Holand
• Low German: de Nederlanne
• Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦟᦱᧃᧉ (xo²laan²)
• Luxembourgish: Holland (lb) n
• Macedonian: Холандија (mk) f (Holandija)
• Malay: Belanda (ms)
• Malayalam: നെതർലന്റ്സ് (netaṟlanṟsŭ)
• Maltese: l-Olanda f, il-Pajjiżi Baxxi pl
• Manchu: ᡥᠣ᠋
  ᠯᠠᠨ (ho lan)
• Maori: Hōrana (mi)
• Marathi: नेदरलँड्स (nedarlĕṇḍsa)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Нидерланд (Niderland), Голланд (Golland)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠳ᠋ᠧᠷᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (nidērland), ᠾᠣᠯᠯᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ (holland)

• 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

  Nynorsk: Nederland (nn) n, Holland (nn) n

• Occitan: Païses Basses (oc) m pl
• Odia: ନେଦରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (nedaralyāṇḍa)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Нидєрландꙑ pl (Niderlandy) (modern)

• Old English: Niðerland n (modern)
• Ottoman Turkish: ندرلانده (nedirlanda), فلمنك (felemenk)
• Papiamentu: Hulanda
• Pashto: هالېنډ m (hālenḍ)
• Pennsylvania German: Niederlande n pl
• Persian:

  Dari: هَالَنْد (hāland)

  Iranian Persian: هُلَنْد (fa) (holand), فِلَمَنْک (felamank) (dated)

• 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
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਨੀਦਰਲੈਂਡਜ਼ (nīdralaiṇḍaz)

• Rarotongan: ‘Ōrani
• Réunion Creole French: Péï-Ba m pl
• 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) (modern)
• 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 (Ğollandiyä)
• 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: نِیدَرْلَینْڈ m (nīdarlainḍ), ہالَینْڈ m (hālainḍ), وَلَنْدیز m (valandez), ہولانْت m (holānt), وَلَنْدِسْتان m (valandistān)
• 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 Flemish: Nederland n
• West Frisian: Nederlân (fy) n
• Yakut: Нидерланд (Niderland)
• 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)
• Georgian: ნიდერლანდური (niderlanduri), ჰოლანდიური (holandiuri)
• 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 (ms)
• Norwegian: nederlandsk (no)
• Papiamentu: hulandes
• 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) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (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