Low Countries

English

Proper noun

Low Countries (plural only)

1. The countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers.

Usage notes

• The term is rare in modern usage because the region does accurately correspond with the sovereign states of The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, for which an alternate term, the Benelux, was applied after World War II.

Translations

countries around the Rhine, Scheldt and Meuse rivers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低地國家／低地国家 (zh) (Dīdì Guójiā)

• Dutch: Lage Landen (nl) pl, Nederlanden (nl) pl
• Greek: Κάτω Χώρες (el) f pl (Káto Chóres)
• Hebrew: אַרְצוֹת הַשְּׁפֵלָה (he) f pl (artzót hashfelá)
• Hungarian: Németalföld (hu)
• Japanese: 低地地域 (ていちちいき, Teichi Chiiki)
• Polish: Niderlandy (pl) m pl
• Russian: Ни́жние зе́мли f pl (Nížnije zémli)
• Spanish: Países Bajos (es) m pl
• Thai: กลุ่มประเทศแผ่นดินต่ำ

See also

• Benelux
• Netherlands