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netherlands | trekschuit |

As a proper noun netherlands

is a country in northwestern europe bordering germany and belgium official name: kingdom of the netherlands.

As an adjective netherlands

is of or pertaining to the netherlands the correct word to describe embassies and consulates of the country.

As a noun trekschuit is

a horse-drawn canal boat or riverboat, used to carry goods or passengers in the netherlands.

netherlands

English

(wikipedia Netherlands)

Proper noun

  • A country in northwestern Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    • Synonyms

    * Holland (although "Holland" mainly applies to the provinces of in Dutch, in English it is often a proper synonym for the entire nation.)

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the Netherlands. The correct word to describe embassies and consulates of the country.

    • Synonyms

    * Dutch

    See also

    * * * English words prefixed with nether-

    trekschuit

    English

    (wikipedia trekschuit)

    Alternative forms

    * trackscout * treckschuyt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horse-drawn canal boat or riverboat, used to carry goods or passengers in the Netherlands.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 469:
    • And thou, much plumper dame [...]: thee I call: of whom in a treckschuyte , in some Dutch canal, the fat Jufvrouw Gelt, impregnated by a jolly merchant of Amsterdam, was delivered [...].
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