THE NETHERLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does The Netherlands mean? 

• THE NETHERLANDS (noun)
  The noun THE NETHERLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

  Familiarity information: THE NETHERLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THE NETHERLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "The Netherlands"):

Nijmegen (an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands)

IJsselmeer (a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee)

IJssel; IJssel river (a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer)

Hoek van Holland; Hook of Holland (a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam)

Frisian Islands (a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland)

Friesland (one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands)

Utrecht (a city in the central Netherlands)

Leiden; Leyden (a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620)

Rotterdam (the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea)

Eindhoven (city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry)

's Gravenhage; Den Haag; The Hague (the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice)

Arnhem (a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II)

Apeldoorn (a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family)

Amsterdam; capital of The Netherlands; Dutch capital (an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum)

Meuse; Meuse River (a European river; flows into the North Sea)

Rhein; Rhine; Rhine River (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea)

Meronyms (members of "The Netherlands"):

Dutchman; Hollander; Netherlander (a native or inhabitant of Holland)

Holonyms ("The Netherlands" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Holonyms ("The Netherlands" is a member of...):

Common Market; EC; EEC; EU; Europe; European Community; European Economic Community; European Union (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members)

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

Benelux (a customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg)