- (the) Low Countries
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the part of Europe that consists of the Netherlands, Belgium, and LuxembourgThesaurus: regions of the worldhyponym
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(the) Low Countries
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Mythology in the Low Countries — The folklore of the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg[1]) has its roots in the mythologies of pre Christian Gaulish (Gallo Roman) and Germanic cultures, predating the region s Christianization by the Franks in the Early Middle… … Wikipedia
Mythology of the Low Countries — The folklore of the Low Countries (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg [Meijer, 1971.] ) has its roots in the mythologies of pre Christian Gaulish (Gallo Roman) and Germanic cultures, predating the region s Christianization by the Franks… … Wikipedia
the Low Countries — UK [ˈləʊ ˌkʌntrɪz] / US [ˈloʊ ˌkʌntrɪz] noun [plural] old fashioned the part of Europe that consists of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg … English dictionary
Art of the Low Countries — Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, National Gallery, London. History of Dutch and Flemish painting Early Netherlandish (1400–1500) … Wikipedia
Renaissance in the Low Countries — Renaissance Topics … Wikipedia
City rights in the Low Countries — City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not… … Wikipedia
Folklore of the Low Countries — Netherlandish Proverbs, by artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1559, with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 proverbs Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral… … Wikipedia
List of stadtholders for the Low Countries provinces — List of stadtholders for the Low Countries provinces. =Stadtholders of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht= The stadtholdership of Holland and Zealand has always been combined. Since the office was instituted there in 1528, the stadtholder of Utrecht… … Wikipedia
Low Countries — the lowland region near the North Sea, forming the lower basin of the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt rivers, divided in the Middle Ages into numerous small states: corresponding to modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. * * * Coastal region … Universalium
Low Countries — Low Coun|tries, the another name for the Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, bordered by Belgium, Germany and the ↑North Sea. It is called the Low Countries because the land is mostly flat, and some parts are below ↑sea level … Dictionary of contemporary English
