Outline of The Netherlands - General Reference

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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