the netherlands
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is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continentbelongs to:
- 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
has:- 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
- apeldoorn - a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family
- arnhem - a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
- '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
- eindhoven - city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry
- nijmegen - an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands
- rotterdam - the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea
- leiden, leyden - a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620
- utrecht - a city in the central Netherlands
- friesland - one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
- frisian islands - a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland
- hoek van holland, hook of holland - a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam
- ijssel, ijssel river - a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer
- ijsselmeer - a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee
- 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
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
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