General Reference
- Pronunciation: i/ˈnɛðərləndz/
- Common English country names: Netherlands, (imprecisely Holland)
- Official English country name: Netherlands
- A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which comprises the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
- Common endonym(s): Nederland
- Pronunciation: /ˈnɛðərləndz/,
- Official endonym(s): Nederland
- Adjectivals: Dutch, Netherlands
- Demonym(s): Dutch
- Etymology: Name of the Netherlands
- International rankings of the Netherlands
- ISO country codes: NL, NLD, 528
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NL
- Internet country code top-level domain: .nl
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