Low Countries

American  

plural noun

1. the lowland region near the North Sea, forming the lower basin of the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt rivers, divided in the Middle Ages into numerous small states: corresponding to modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

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Low Countries British  

plural noun

1. the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

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Example Sentences

The Swiss Brethren was one of several Anabaptist churches—churches rejecting infant baptism in favor of adult baptism—that were established in the sixteenth century, primarily in central Europe and the Low Countries.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Several of the most popular urbanist Twitter accounts are based in the Low Countries and Scandinavia, with many followers across the Atlantic.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2022

Gin’s origins are obscure, but it almost certainly began as jenever in the medieval Low Countries.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2016

His geographical focus is largely Britain, including Ireland, the Low Countries, Iceland, the Hanseatic towns along the Baltic and the port cities of Denmark and Norway.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2015

Maddie gave a sudden gasp of understanding and waved at the enormous map of southeast England and northwest France and the Low Countries that covered the wall behind her radio.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein