Kingdom of The Netherlands

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1. Kingdom of The Netherlands - Noun

2. Kingdom of The Netherlands - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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After the collapse of Napoleon in 1813-15, an expanded " United Kingdom of the Netherlands " was created with the House of Orange as monarchs, also ruling Belgium and Luxembourg. Source: Internet

After Napoleon was defeated in 1813, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Friesland. Source: Internet

"Belgium" was renamed only in 1830, after splitting from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in order to distinguish it from its northern neighbour. Source: Internet

As part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, citizens of the Netherlands can travel with relative ease to Aruba and other islands of the Dutch Antilles. Source: Internet

Borman 2005:56 The head of state was the monarch of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who was represented in the Netherlands Antilles by a governor. Source: Internet

Following independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the new Kingdom of Belgium in 1832 adopted its own Belgian franc, equivalent to the French one, followed by Luxembourg adopting the Luxembourgish franc in 1848 and Switzerland in 1850. Source: Internet

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