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- Dutch · calque ofKoninkrijk der Nederlanden
- English todayKingdom of the Netherlands
Calque of Dutch Koninkrijk der Nederlanden.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Official name of the Netherlands: a country consisting of the Netherlands per se, in Western Europe, as well as three other small island countries in the Caribbean, namely Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Full definition →
Calque of Dutch Koninkrijk der Nederlanden.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.