the netherlands

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsNetherlandsKingdom of The NetherlandsNederlandHolland

   BroaderEuropean country

   Part ofEuropeBeneluxEuropean UnionNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization

   PartsAmsterdamApeldoornArnhemThe HagueEindhovenNijmegen

Questions about the netherlands

What does the netherlands mean?

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

What is another word for the netherlands?

Close synonyms include Netherlands, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Holland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is the netherlands a common word?

the netherlands is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.