Pays-Bas

See also: Pays Bas

French

Etymology

From pays (land, country) + bas (low, nether), a calque of Dutch Nederland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ.i.ba/, /pɛ.i.bɑ/, /pe.i.ba/, /pe.i.bɑ/
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Proper noun

les Pays-Bas m pl (plural only)

  1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)

See also

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