Low Countries

English

Proper noun

the Low Countries (plural only)

2. A historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Maas rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Usage notes

• The term is rare in modern usage and tends to be replaced with Benelux, coined during 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) Indonesian: Negeri Rendah Japanese: 低地地域 (ていちちいき, Teichi Chiiki) Polish: Niderlandy (pl) nvir pl Russian: Ни́жние зе́мли f pl (Nížnije zémli) Spanish: Países Bajos (es) m pl Thai: กลุ่มประเทศแผ่นดินต่ำ

See also

• Benelux
• Netherlands