onder de rivieren

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Dutch

De grote rivieren.

Etymology

Literally, below the rivers, that is the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which as part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta form a natural border between two larger religiocultural regions of the Low Countries (with the Rivierengebied forming a transitional region).

Prepositional phrase

onder de rivieren

  1. (idiomatic) in the southern Netherlands or southern Low Countries in general; to the south of the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which separate the Catholic southern provinces from the northern, largely Protestant parts of the Low Countries
    Synonyms: beneden de rivieren, onder de Moerdijk, beneden de Moerdijk
    Antonyms: boven de rivieren, boven de Moerdijk