Netherlands

n. 荷兰

形容词:Netherlandish 

Neth.er.lands

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A country of northwest Europe on the North Sea. Inhabited by Germanic tribes during Roman times, the region passed to the Franks (4th-8th century), the Holy Roman Empire (0th century), the dukes of Burgundy (4th-5th century), and then to the house of Hapsburg. The northern part of the region formed the Union of Utrecht in 579 and achieved its independence as the United Provinces in '48 after the Thirty Years` War. In the 7th century the country enjoyed great commercial prosperity and expanded its territories in the East and West Indies and elsewhere, although it lost this supremacy to Great Britain and France in the 8th century. The kingdom of the Netherlands, proclaimed at the Congress of Vienna (84-85), included Belgium until 830. Amsterdam is the constitutional capital and the largest city; The Hague is the seat of government. Population, 4,394,'00.
荷兰：欧洲西北部、北海边的一个国家。罗马时代曾在这一地区居住着日耳曼部落，后先后传给法兰克人(4-8世纪）、圣罗马帝国(0世纪）、勃根第公爵(4-5世纪），然后传到哈布斯堡家族。本地区北部于579年形成乌得勒支联盟，在.30年战争.后，'48年作为省联邦而获独立。7世纪，这个国家拥有巨大的经济财富，并在东、西印度群岛和其它地方扩张了领土，虽然8世纪它在大不列颠和法兰西失去了这种至高无上的权威。830年以前，按照维也纳会议上(84-85年）的规定，比利时还属荷兰王国。阿姆斯特丹是宪法首都及最大的城市；黑格是政府所在地。人口4,394,'00

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