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French
Etymology
From pays (“land, country”) + bas (“low, nether”), a calque of Dutch Nederland. Compare the obsolete borrowing Néerlande.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.i.ba/ ~ /pɛ.i.bɑ/ ~ /pe.i.ba/ ~ /pe.i.bɑ/
Proper noun
les Pays-Bas m pl (plural only)
- Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
- Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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