Netherlands (disambiguation)

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The Netherlands is a country in Europe.

Netherlands may also mean:

• Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba
• United Provinces, also known as "The Seven United Netherlands", or Dutch republic predecessor of the current country (1581–1795)
• The Seventeen Netherlands, a personal union of 15 released fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and 2 of France, roughly corresponds with present day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, bits of Germany and parts of Northern France
• The Low Countries.
• Southern Netherlands, the territory roughly corresponding to present day Belgium from the independence of the Seven Netherlands to the French Revolution
  • Spanish Netherlands (1579–1713)
  • Austrian Netherlands (1713–1794)
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830, 1839), unofficial name created during the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and made up of the "United Provinces" and the "Southern Netherlands"
• For information about the confusion about the Netherlands, Dutch and Holland, see Netherlands (terminology).

Nederland is the Dutch name for the country and is the name of several villages:

• Nederland, Overijssel part of the municipality Steenwijkerland
• Nederland, Colorado
• Nederland, Texas