1. Netherlands Antilles - Noun
2. Netherlands Antilles - Proper noun
a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands
Source: WordNetEven though the referendums held in the early 1990s resulted in a vote in favour of retaining the Netherlands Antilles, the arrangement continued to be an unhappy one. 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
Its 22 members were fixed in number for the islands making up the Netherlands Antilles: fourteen for Curaçao, three each for Sint Maarten and Bonaire, and one each for Saba and Sint Eustatius. Source: Internet
Chicago TribuneScuba diving with Dad in CuraçaoChicago TribuneThe Netherlands Antilles Coral Reef Initiative wants to slowly replace Curaçao's chief economic engine, an offshore Venezuelan oil refinery, with marine tourism. Source: Internet
The Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee 's membership from the IOC was withdrawn the previous year, and South Sudan has not formed an NOC. Source: Internet
Miscellaneous topics Unlike the metropolitan Netherlands, same-sex marriages were not performed in the Netherlands Antilles, but those performed in other jurisdictions were recognised. Source: Internet