The Netherlands

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The Netherlands - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level Holland, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Netherlands Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" 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 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 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 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 River, Rhine - a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea Dutchman, Hollander, Netherlander - a native or inhabitant of Holland