Dutch Limburg

proper noun

The roughly northeastern part of the Benelux region of Limburg (speaking Dutch and two groups of its dialects; not to be geographically confused with historical political entities), which belongs to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, where it is administratively designated as the provincie (province) Limburg, as opposed to Belgian Limburg, which is part of Flanders region (northern Belgium), confusingly under the same administrative designation

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The roughly northeastern part of the Benelux region of Limburg (speaking Dutch and two groups of its dialects; not to be geographically confused with historical political entities), which belongs to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, where it is administratively designated as the provincie (province) Limburg, as opposed to Belgian Limburg, which is part of Flanders region (northern Belgium), confusingly under the same administrative designation

Origin

Dutch (of the Netherlands) + Limburg

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Translations

Dutch Nederlands Limburg
  • Nederlands Limburgthe roughly northeastern part of the Benelux region of Limburg
German Niederländisch-Limburg, Niederländischer-Limburg
  • Niederländisch-Limburgthe roughly northeastern part of the Benelux region of Limburg
  • Niederländischer-Limburgthe roughly northeastern part of the Benelux region of Limburg
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APA

Dutch Limburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutch%20Limburg

MLA

“Dutch Limburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dutch%20Limburg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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