netherlands

1. is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
   member holonym: dutchman, hollander, netherlander - a native or inhabitant of Holland
   belongs 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
   same as: holland, kingdom of the netherlands, nederland, the netherlands

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