the Low Countries

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1. Collective name for The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, so called because much of their land surface is at or below sea level. These countries have often been culturally and historically united, and, bordered by the most powerful nations in Europe, they have been a major battleground in European wars for centuries.

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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

It also promises to be full of surprises, charting a history of interaction and cross fertilization between artists from Genoa and artists from the rest of Italy, and the Low Countries.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2020

A trip to the Low Countries isn’t complete until you’ve encountered the Renaissance religious art of Hieronymus Bosch.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019

That day, he was in Breda, in the Low Countries, serving in the army of the Protestant Maurice of Nassau.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton