Netherlands
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of netherlands. alt-of, plural, plural-only, slang
- 2 Hindquarters, butt. plural, plural-only, slang
"I remember Tofoli falling on his netherlands... Olof went hard angle on Giani and Gardini. And did they ever give him line."
- 3 Crotch or genitals. plural, plural-only, slang
"Why does she have a 'bulge' in her 'netherlands'?"
- 1 The Kingdom of the Netherlands. A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. uncountable, usually
- 2 The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Capital and largest city: Amsterdam. uncountable, usually
"The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy."
- 3 the Low Countries, a region of Western Europe located around the low-lying areas in and around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, including the countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. historical, rare, uncountable, usually
Example
More examples"Germany adjoins the Netherlands."
Etymology
From nether (“lower”) + lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either a calque or a parallel formation to Dutch Nederland.
Play on Netherlands, from nether + land.
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