• Kingdom of the Netherlands
  Kingdom of the Netherlands
  The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality...
  
  , consisting of the countries Aruba
  Aruba
  Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
  
  , Curaçao
  Curaçao
  Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
  
  , Sint Maarten and the Netherlands;
• The geographical region of the Low Countries
  Low Countries
  The Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
  
  , roughly covering the modern countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg;
• Various entities in the history of the region:
  • Burgundian Netherlands
    Burgundian Netherlands
    In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands refers to a number of Imperial and French fiefs ruled in personal union by the House of Valois-Burgundy and their Habsburg heirs in the period from 1384 to 1482...
    
     (1384-1477);
  • The Seventeen Provinces
    Seventeen Provinces
    The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 15th century and 16th century, roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France , and a small part of Western Germany.The Seventeen Provinces were originally held by...
    
     (1477-1581), as inherited by the Habsburgs from the Burgundians;
  • United Provinces
    Dutch Republic
    The Dutch Republic — officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republic of the Seven United Provinces — was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately...
    
     (1581–1794), which revolted against Habsburg rule and constituted the predecessor of the current "Kingdom of the Netherlands'country";
  • Southern Netherlands
    Southern Netherlands
    Southern Netherlands were a part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain , Austria and annexed by France...
    
     (1581–1795), which remained under Habsburg rule, roughly corresponding to modern Belgium and Luxemburg, more specifically:
  • Spanish Netherlands (1556–1713);
  • Austrian Netherlands
    Southern Netherlands
    Southern Netherlands were a part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain , Austria and annexed by France...
    
     (1713–1794);
  • United Kingdom of the Netherlands
    United Kingdom of the Netherlands
    United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial name used to refer to Kingdom of the Netherlands during the period after it was first created from part of the First French Empire and before the new kingdom of Belgium split out in 1830...
    
     (1815–1830) uniting the United Provinces and the "Southern Netherlands" under Dutch rule.
  • the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which is in Europe (The Netherlands proper until 10 October 2010)
• Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)
  Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)
  In European elections, the Netherlands is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-five MEPs. It covers the member state of the Netherlands...
  
  ;
• Greater Netherlands, the political aspiration of uniting the Netherlands with the Flemish-speaking Flanders
  Flanders
  Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
  
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See also

• Netherland
  Netherland
  Netherland is a critically acclaimed novel by Joseph O'Neill. It concerns the life of a Dutchman living in New York in the wake of the September 11 attacks who takes up cricket and starts playing at the Staten Island Cricket Club.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• Nederland (disambiguation)
• Netherlands (terminology)
  Netherlands (terminology)
  More than one name is used to refer to the Netherlands, both in English and in other languages. Some of these names refer to different, but overlapping geographical, linguistic and political areas of the country. This is a common source of confusion for outsiders...
  
  
• :Category:National sports teams of the Netherlands for teams called "Netherlands"