Netherlands (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

The Netherlands have been the name of different political and geographical entities in northwestern Europe.

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), the current Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces. A predecessor of the current country. It existed from 1581 to 1795.
The Seventeen Netherlands, fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and France. United by Charles V of Spain. The Seventeen Netherlands roughly correspond with present day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of Northern France.
The Southern Netherlands. The name of the territory roughly corresponding present day Belgium from the independence of the Seven Netherlands to the French Revolution. Also called Spanish Netherlands (1579-1713) or Austrian Netherlands (1713-1794).

Example Usage of (disambiguation)
	witbrock: Will sense disambiguation improve @cyc_ai or make it dull?
	halfey: just like disambiguation, cross-reference does not work in twitter. Tweets should be of something obvious, not oblivious
	halfey: unlike wikipedia, disambiguation does not work on twitter. Please make it clear what subject you're referring to (music? book? artist? etc.)

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