Países Bajos

Meaning

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Hyphenated as

Pa‧í‧ses

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˌises ˈbaxos/

Etymology

From país (“country”) + bajos (“low”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare French Pays-Bas.

Sentences

Los países que regresaban eran Islandia , Irlanda , Noruega , Países Bajos , Polonia y Portugal .

The countries returning were Iceland, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal.

Boateng nació en Ghana y emigró de joven a los Países Bajos .

Boateng was born in Ghana and immigrated to the Netherlands as a young man.