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Low Countries (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 51 21 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8564 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 57 25 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.9578 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region in northern Europe bordering the North Sea encompassing modern Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. These are together known as the Benelux countries, from the initial letters of their names. The Low Countries are so called because much of their land along the North Sea coast and for some distance inland is either below sea level or just slightly above it. The Low Countries are bordered by Germany to the east and France to the south. In 1947 the three nations formed the Benelux Customs Union, which broadened over the years into what a 1960 treaty confirmed as the Benelux Economic Union. |
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| Low Countries (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Low Countries, The (C,O,English,U,N)
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| The Low Countries (C,V)
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| Benelux (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Benelux Countries (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Lage Landen (C,V,Dutch-P,U,N)
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