Нидерланды

Russian

Etymology

From German Niederlande, perhaps through Polish Niderlandy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪdʲɪrˈɫandɨ]
  • IPA(key): [nʲɪdɨrˈɫandɨ] (phonetic respelling: Нидэрла́нды) (non-standard, less common)
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Нидерла́нды • (Niderlándym inan pl (genitive Нидерла́ндов, plural only, relational adjective нидерла́ндский)

  1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. 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)
    • 1981, Е. Я. Суриц, “Нидерландский балет”, in Балет: энциклопедия, Москва: Советская энциклопедия; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Интенси́вное разви́тие бале́та в Нидерла́ндах начало́сь по оконча́нии 2-й мирово́й вой­ны́.
      Intensívnoje razvítije baléta v Niderlándax načalósʹ po okončánii 2-j mirovój voj­ný.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

See also

countries in Europe: стра́ны Евро́пы (strány Jevrópy) (appendix)edit