Synonyms for the netherlands
the nether·lands

Princeton's WordNet

1. Netherlands, The Netherlands, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Hollandnoun

   a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

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1. • Europe
   • European Country

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1. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan:

   The Netherlands' characterization that the local medicine that is made in the hospitals is the same as what we've done from a regulatory, full-development standpoint, particularly given (the Dutch) will house the European Medicines Agency, I think is troubling.

2. Executive Chairman Richard Baker:

   There is a great affinity for Canadians here in the Netherlands. When we did our research we found that the Dutch people had a great affinity for Canadians and for the Hudson's Bay Company.

3. Thomas Spijkerboer:

   Policymakers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain said this kind of large-scale mission encourages people to cross and leads to more lives lost. But after the big shipwreck in April they changed their minds, they are now spending more money on something which a few months ago they said would cost lives. It's irresponsible to make these major policy decisions without asking whether the factual assumptions are right.

4. Matteo Salvini:

   You did a show of strength by contravening the indications of the Italian and Libyan coastguard. Now, you'll carry this human load to the Netherlands, i want to save lives but I'm paid by Italians to defend the safety of Italian citizens. I don't accept there are organizations of pseudo-volunteers that endanger the lives of those who flee Africa and then think to disembark them all in Italy.

5. Ludo Hekman:

   If you read some newspapers in the Netherlands, they really feed on the fear of admitting refugees too easily, we found out that it's really hard, and parts of the procedure to become European are really intense.