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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
Synonyms:
Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "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)
Nijmegen (an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands)
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 "Netherlands"):
Dutchman; Hollander; Netherlander (a native or inhabitant of Holland)
Holonyms ("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 ("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)
Context examples:
Two teams of astronomers, one from INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri in Florence, Italy and the second from Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands and from University College London, United Kingdom, have harnessed the power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to detect the prebiotic complex organic molecule methyl isocyanate in the multiple star system IRAS 16293-2422.
(ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars, ESO)
In 2007-2008, the population growth rate (PGR) of the Czech Republic almost tripled, that of the Netherlands doubled, while the Swiss and the French rates showed solid increases, from 0.67% to 1.13% and from 0.62% to 0.93%, respectively.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
