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Netherlands (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 52 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 005 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 5.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area was inhabited by Celtic and Germanic tribes; Romans invaded 1st century BCE; Germanic tribes invaded 5th century; ruled by Frankish Merovingians and Charlemagne; part of medieval Lotharingia; province of Spanish Hapsburgs; colonized extensively in the 17th century; official language is Dutch. |
Names: |
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Nederland (preferred,C,V,Dutch-P,U,N)
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Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (C,V,O,Dutch,U,N)
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Nederlanden, Koninkrijk der (C,V,Dutch,U)
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Netherlands (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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The Netherlands (C,O,English,U,N)
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Netherlands, The (C,O,English,U,N)
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Kingdom of the Netherlands (C,O,English,U,N)
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Netherlands, Kingdom of the (C,O,English,U)
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Niederlande (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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Niederlande (Dutch,U)
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Pays-Bas (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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Royaume des Pays-Bas (C,O,French,U,N)
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Países Bajos (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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Reino de los Países Bajos (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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Países Baixos (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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Paesi Bassi (C,O,Italian-P,U,N)
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Holland (C,O,English,U,N)
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............ | from "Houtland," meaning "wooded land" & originally referring to the medieval core of what became the modern nation |
Holland (Dutch,U)
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Holanda (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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Olanda (C,O,Italian,U,N)
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Nederlanden (C,V,Dutch,U)
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Нидерланды (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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Королевство Нидерландов (C,O,Russian,U)
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荷兰 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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荷兰王国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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هويًدا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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مم ىَة هويًدا (C,O,Arabic,U)
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NLD (C,O,ISO3L)
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ISO528 (C,O,ISO3N)
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NL00 (C,O,FIPS)
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Dutch (C,O)
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Netherlandish (C,O)
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Hollandish (C,O)
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Netherlandic (C,O)
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Netherlandian (C,O)
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הולנד (C,U,Hebrew )
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Frisia (H,V)
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Netherlands, United (H,O)
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United Netherlands (H,O)
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United Provinces (H,O)
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United Provinces of the Netherlands (H,O)
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............ | established 1579 |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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nation (preferred, C) |
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independence recognized by Spain in 1648 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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constitutional monarchy (C) |
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kingdom (C) |
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first established 1806 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Amsterdam .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Netherlands, North Holland) [7006952] |
historical connection .... |
Dutch Brazil .......... (former administrative division) |
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(World, South America, Brazil) [8712054] |
member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1958 |
member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
successor of .... |
Batavian Republic .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [4001269] |
successor of .... |
Dutch Republic .......... (former group of nations/states/cities) |
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(World, Europe, Netherlands) [8698309] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Blue Guide: Holland (1982) |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 667 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 679 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 443-445 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 549 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1225 |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 854 |
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Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 893 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1999) accessed 03/30/99 |
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Columbia Encyclopedia (1975) |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 615 ff. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 04/11/00 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 18 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 782 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2149885 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 59 |
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OED2 on CD-ROM (1994) |
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Petit Robert II, Noms (1989) |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-105 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) 343 |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 60 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 187; 338; 343; 350; 351 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-67 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 70 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 26 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 508 |
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