Netherlands (disambiguation)
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The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is a country located in Western Europe.
Netherlands or Nederland may also refer to:
Geography
- Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy consisting of the constituent country the Netherlands (in Western Europe) and the constituent countries Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean
- The Low Countries sometimes referred to as the "nether lands", consisting of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, portions of northern France and western Germany
- Netherlands, Missouri, a community in the United States
"Nederland"
- Nederland, Texas, a city in the United States
- Nederland, Colorado, a town in the United States
- Nederland, Overijssel, a hamlet in the municipality of Steenwijkerland, Netherlands
Historical
- Burgundian Netherlands, the "nether lands" belonging to the Duchy of Burgundy (1384–1477)
- Habsburg Netherlands, the lands belonging to the House of Habsburg (1477–1556)
- Spanish Netherlands, the lands belonging to the Spanish Empire (1556–1581/1713)
- The Northern Netherlands, succession from the Spanish Netherlands to form the Dutch Republic (1581–1794)
- The Southern Netherlands, the lands in the southern part, remaining under Spanish control (1581–1713)
- Later the Austrian Netherlands (1713–1794)
- United Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (1815–1839)
Political
- The Netherlands (European Parliament constituency) in the European Parliament
- Greater Netherlands, a right-wing idea based on the unification of Flanders and the Netherlands
Sports
- Category:National sports teams of the Netherlands for teams called "Netherlands"
Arts and literature
- Netherland (novel), a novel by Joseph O'Neill
- "Netherlands" a 7th-season episode of Touched by an Angel
See also
- Netherlands (terminology), for information about the difference in use between the Netherlands, Dutch and Holland
- Holland (disambiguation)
- Dutch (disambiguation)
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