Netherlands

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   proper noununcountable

   A country in Western Europe, next to Germany and Belgium, with Amsterdam as its capital.

   The Netherlands is famous for its tulips and windmills.

   Many people in the Netherlands ride bikes to work each day.

   SimilarHolland

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   proper noununcountable

   A kingdom in Western Europe with four parts, among them Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

   As a kingdom, the Netherlands is made up of four different countries.

   Aruba and Curaçao both belong to the Netherlands as parts of its kingdom.

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   proper nounrarehistoricaluncountable

   An old name for the low, flat region of Western Europe that includes the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

   Traders once crossed the Netherlands to reach the great rivers of the delta.

   Many old maps showed the Netherlands as one low, flat region near the sea.

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   nounslangcountableplural

   Alternative letter-case form of netherlands. Written with a capital N rather than a small one.

   He took a hard knock to the Netherlands and bent over in pain.

   The ball caught him right in the Netherlands during the game.

   Similargroin, crotch

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