Pays-Bas
Meaning
Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
Concepts
the Netherlands
Noord-Holland
Zuid-Holland
the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of The Netherlands
𐐤𐐯𐑄𐐲𐑉𐑊𐐲𐑌𐐼𐑆
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛ.i.ba/
Etymology
From pays (“land, country”) + bas (“low, nether”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare the obsolete borrowing Néerlande.
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