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Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Glossary

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of state.^[1]

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Act of Abjuration

The Act of Abjuration (Plakkaat van Verlatinghe; lit) is the declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt.

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Administrative division

Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, #-level subdivisions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divided.

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Ady Thijsen

Juan Edberto "Ady" Thijsen (born 8 November 1958) is an Aruban politician.

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Alexander Pechtold

Alexander Pechtold (born 16 December 1965) is a retired Dutch politician and art historian.

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Alfonso Boekhoudt

Juan Alfonso Boekhoudt (born 27 January 1965) is an Aruban politician serving as the 4th governor of Aruba since 2017.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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André Rouvoet

André Rouvoet (born 4 January 1962) is a retired Dutch politician of the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) party and later the Christian Union (CU) party and jurist.

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Aruba

Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba (Land Aruba; Pais Aruba), is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea.

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Aruban florin

The florin (sign: Afl.; code: AWG) or Aruban guilder is the currency of Aruba.

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Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II, months before the US officially entered the war.

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Atlantic Time Zone

The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Austrian Netherlands

The Austrian Netherlands Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; Pays-Bas Autrichiens; Österreichische Niederlande; Belgium Austriacum.

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Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek; République Batave) was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belgium are member states of NATO, member states of the Dutch Language Union, member states of the European Union and member states of the Union for the Mediterranean.

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Bicentennial of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

From 2013 to 2015, the Kingdom of the Netherlands celebrated its bicentennial.

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Bonaire

Bonaire (Papiamento) is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands.

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Border

Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities.

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British Overseas Territories

The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Caribbean Netherlands

The Caribbean Netherlands is a geographic region of the Netherlands located outside of Europe, in the Caribbean, consisting of three special municipalities.

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Caribbean Plate

The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America.

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Carlson Manuel

Carlson "Carls" Manuel is a Curaçaoan politician who has been Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao since June 2021.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Charetti America-Francisca

Charetti Maria America-Francisca (born 13 April 1981) is a politician from Curaçao.

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Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; in Papiamentu: Statuut di Reino Hulandes) is a legal instrument that sets out the political relationship among the four countries that constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten in the Caribbean and the Netherlands (for the most part) in Europe.

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Christian Union (Netherlands)

The Christian Union (ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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Civil law (common law)

Civil law is a major "branch of the law", for example in common law legal systems such as those in England and Wales and in the United States, where it stands in contrast to criminal law.

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Civil law notary

Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State.

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Climate

Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.

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Coat of arms of the Netherlands

The coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was originally adopted in 1815 and later modified in 1907. Kingdom of the Netherlands and coat of arms of the Netherlands are 1815 establishments in the Netherlands.

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Collectivity of Saint Martin

The Collectivity of Saint Martin (Collectivité de Saint-Martin), commonly known as simply Saint Martin (Saint-Martin), is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies in the Caribbean, on the northern half of the island of Saint Martin, as well as some smaller adjacent islands.

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Colonialism

Colonialism is the pursuing, establishing and maintaining of control and exploitation of people and of resources by a foreign group.

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Commercial law

Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and organizations engaged in commercial and business activities.

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Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire.

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Confederation

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or communities united for purposes of common action.

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Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Constitution of Aruba

Aruba's Constitution was unanimously approved by all political parties represented in Aruba's Parliament on a January 1, 1986, and was proclaimed in the Afkondigingsblad van Aruba, No.26, 1985, on January 1, 1986.

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Constitution of Curaçao

Curaçao is one of the three autonomous countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (with Aruba and Saint-Martin).

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Constitution of Sint Maarten

The Constitution of Sint Maarten (Dutch: Staatsregeling van Sint Maarten) was unanimously adopted by the island council of Sint Maarten on 21 July 2010.

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Constitution of the Netherlands

The Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.

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Convention on the association of the Netherlands Antilles with the European Economic Community

The Convention on the association of the Netherlands Antilles with the European Economic Community is an international agreement amending the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, with the aim of awarding OCT status to the Netherlands Antilles, which was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1954 until 2010.

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Cook Islands

The Cook Islands (Rarotongan: Kūki ‘Airani; Kūki Airani) is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Copyright

A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.

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Council of Ministers (Netherlands)

The Council of Ministers (Ministerraad) is the executive council of Dutch Government, formed by all the ministers including the deputy prime ministers.

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Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom (Ministerraad van het Koninkrijk or Rijksministerraad) is the executive council of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is a state consisting of four constituent countries: Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten.

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Council of State (Netherlands)

The Council of State (Raad van State) is a constitutionally established advisory body in the Netherlands to the government and States General that officially consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, commercial, diplomatic or military experience.

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Criminal law

Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.

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Curaçao

Curaçao (or, or, Papiamentu), officially the Country of Curaçao (Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of Venezuela.

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Curaçao and Dependencies

The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan) was a Dutch colony in the Caribbean Sea from 1634 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1954. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Curaçao and Dependencies are states and territories established in 1815.

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Danish Realm

The Danish Realm, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply Denmark, is a sovereign state and refers to the area over which the monarch of Denmark is head of state. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Danish Realm are member states of the European Union.

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De Bezige Bij

De Bezige Bij ("the busy bee") is one of the most important literary publishing companies in the Netherlands.

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Demissionary cabinet

A demissionary cabinet (demissionair kabinet) is a type of caretaker cabinet or provisional government in the Netherlands.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Denmark are member states of NATO, member states of the European Union and member states of the Union for the Mediterranean.

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Devolution

Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level.

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Dick Schoof

Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria "Dick" Schoof (born 8 March 1957) is the prime minister of the Netherlands in the Schoof Cabinet since 2 July 2024.

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Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Drenthe

Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country.

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Dutch Caribbean

The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the New World territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea, mainly the northern and southwestern regions of the Lesser Antilles archipelago.

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Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlands(ch)-Indië) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

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Dutch government-in-exile

The Dutch government-in-exile (Nederlandse regering in ballingschap), also known as the London Cabinet (Londens kabinet), was the government in exile of the Netherlands, supervised by Queen Wilhelmina, that fled to London after the German invasion of the country during World War II on 10 May 1940.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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Dutch Low Saxon

Dutch Low Saxon (Nederlaands Leegsaksies or Nederlaands Nedersaksies; Nederlands Nedersaksisch) are the Low Saxon dialects of the Low German language that are spoken in the northeastern Netherlands and are mostly, but not exclusively, written with local, unstandardised orthographies based on Standard Dutch orthography.

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Dutch New Guinea

Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea (Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1949 to 1962.

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Dutch people

The Dutch (Dutch) are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands.

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Dutch Republic

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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Dutch Sign Language

Dutch Sign Language (Nederlandse Gebarentaal or NGT; Sign Language of the Netherlands or SLN) is the predominant sign language used by deaf people in the Netherlands.

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Eight Articles of London

The Eight Articles of London, also known as the London Protocol of 21 June 1814, were a secret convention between the Great Powers: the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Austrian Empire, and the Russian Empire (the four leading nations of the Sixth Coalition against France) to award the territory of current Belgium and The Netherlands to William I of the Netherlands, then "Sovereign Prince" of the United Netherlands.

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Electoral colleges for the Senate

The electoral colleges for the Senate (kiescolleges voor de Eerste Kamer; Papiamentu) are the electoral colleges of the Caribbean Netherlands and Dutch expatriates.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Envoy (title)

An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, usually known as a minister, was a diplomatic head of mission who was ranked below ambassador.

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Euro

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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European Union citizenship

European Union citizenship is afforded to all nationals of member states of the European Union (EU).

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Evelyn Wever-Croes

Evelyna Christina "Evelyn" Wever-Croes (born 5 December 1966) is an Aruban politician and current Prime Minister of Aruba, serving since November 2017.

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Faroe Islands

The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Federacy

A federacy is a form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority of the substate units.

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Federation

A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism).

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First French Empire

The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

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Flag of the Netherlands

The national flag of the Netherlands (de Nederlandse vlag) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue.

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Flevoland

Flevoland is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity.

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Foreign policy

Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Kingdom of the Netherlands and France are member states of NATO, member states of the European Union and member states of the Union for the Mediterranean.

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Friesland

Friesland (official Fryslân), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, named after the Frisians, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part.

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Gelderland

Gelderland, also known as Guelders in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country.

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German Confederation

The German Confederation was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. Kingdom of the Netherlands and German Confederation are states and territories established in 1815.

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Gilmar Pisas

Gilmar Simon Pisas (born 28 October 1971) is a Curaçaoan politician and Prime Minister of Curaçao, serving since 14 June 2021.

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Government policy statement

A government policy statement is a declaration of a government's political activities, plans and intentions relating to a concrete cause or, at the assumption of office, an entire legislative session.

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Governor of Aruba

The governor of Aruba is the representative on Aruba of the Dutch monarch.

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Governor of Curaçao

The governor of Curaçao (gouverneur van Curaçao; gobernador di Kòrsou) is the representative on Curaçao of the Dutch head of state (King Willem-Alexander).

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Groningen (province)

Groningen (Grunn; Grinslân) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands.

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Guillfred Besaril

Guillfred Francis Besaril (born 9 January 1974) is an Aruban politician of the People's Electoral Movement.

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Head of state

A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state.

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Henck Arron

Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron (25 April 1936 – 4 December 2000) was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in 1975.

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House of Representatives (Netherlands)

The House of Representatives (literally "Second Chamber of the States General", or simply) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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Hundred Days

The Hundred Days (les Cent-Jours), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (Guerre de la Septième Coalition), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Industrial property

Industrial property is one of two subsets of intellectual property (the other being copyright), it takes a range of forms, including patents for inventions, industrial designs (aesthetic creations related to the appearance of industrial products), trademarks, service marks, layout-designs of integrated circuits, commercial names and designations, geographical indications and protection against unfair competition.

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Insular area

In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia.

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Island arc

Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries.

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ISO 4217

ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units.

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Johan Adolf Pengel

Johan Adolf "Jopie" Pengel (20 January 1916 – 5 June 1970) was a Surinamese politician, and prime minister of Suriname from 30 June 1963 to 5 March 1969 for the National Party of Suriname (NPS).

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Joop den Uyl

Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl (9 August 1919 – 24 December 1987) was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977.

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Jules Sedney

Jules Sedney (28 September 192218 June 2020) was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 20 November 1969 to 24 December 1973.

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Juliana of the Netherlands

Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980.

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Kingdom of Holland

The Kingdom of Holland (Koningrijk Holland (contemporary), (modern); Royaume de Hollande) was the successor state of the Batavian Republic.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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Koninkrijksdag

Koninkrijksdag (Dia di Reino, Kingdom Day, West Frisian: Keninkryksdei) is the commemoration of the signing of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 15 December 1954 in Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten.

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Law of the Netherlands

The Netherlands uses civil law.

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Leeward Antilles

The Leeward Antilles (Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a chain of islands in the Caribbean – specifically the southerly islands of the Lesser Antilles (and, in turn, the Antilles and the West Indies) along the southeastern fringe of the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast of the South American mainland.

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Leeward Islands

The Leeward Islands are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean.

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Legal certainty

Legal certainty is a principle in national and international law which holds that the law must provide those subject to it with the ability to regulate their conduct.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg, also known as Dutch Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.

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Limburgish

Limburgish (Limburgs or Lèmburgs; Limburgs; Limburgisch; Limbourgeois), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in Dutch Limburg, Belgian Limburg, and neighbouring regions of Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia).

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List of Caribbean islands

Most of the Caribbean countries are islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes.

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List of divided islands

This is a list of islands whose land is divided by one or more international borders.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Lucille George-Wout

Lucille Andrea George-Wout (born 26 February 1950) is a Curaçaoan politician currently serving as the second governor of Curaçao since 4 November 2013.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba

The Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba (Gevolmachtigde Minister van Aruba) represents the constituent country of Aruba in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao

The Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao (Gevolmachtigd Minister van Curaçao) represents the constituent country (land) of Curaçao in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten

The Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten (Gevolmachtigd Minister van Sint Maarten) represents the constituent country of Sint Maarten in the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Monarchy of Luxembourg

The Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Groussherzog vu Lëtzebuerg, Grand-duc de Luxembourg, Großherzog von Luxemburg) is the head of state of Luxembourg.

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Monarchy of the Netherlands

The monarchy of the Netherlands is governed the country's Constitution, roughly a third of which explains the mechanics of succession, accession, and abdication; the roles and duties of the monarch; the formalities of communication between the States General of the Netherlands; and the monarch's role in creating laws.

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Mount Scenery

Mount Scenery is a dormant volcano in the Caribbean Netherlands.

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Municipalities of the Netherlands

Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities (gemeenten) and three special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten) in the Netherlands.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Netherlands are member states of NATO, member states of the European Union and states and territories established in 1815.

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Netherlands Antillean guilder

The Netherlands Antillean guilder (gulden; florin) is the currency of Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which until 2010 formed the Netherlands Antilles along with Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius.

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Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen,; Antia Hulandes) was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Netherlands Armed Forces

The Netherlands Armed Forces (Nederlandse krijgsmacht) are the military forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Netherlands Marine Corps

The Netherlands Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Netherlands-Indonesia Union

The Netherlands-Indonesia Union (Dutch: Nederlands-Indonesische Unie, NIU; Indonesian: Uni Indonesia–Belanda, UIB), also called the two-state solution (Dutch: tweestaten-oplossing) by the Dutch, was a confederal relationship between the Netherlands and Indonesia that existed between 1949 and 1956.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Niue

Niue (Niuē) is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand.

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North Brabant

North Brabant (Noord-Brabant; Brabantian), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands.

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North Holland

North Holland (Noord-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country.

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Northwestern Europe

Northwestern Europe, or Northwest Europe, is a loosely defined subregion of Europe, overlapping Northern and Western Europe.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

Oranjestad (literally "Orange City"), the capital and most populous of Aruba's eight regions, is located on the southwestern coast of the island.

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Overijssel

Overijssel (Oaveriessel; Oberyssel) is a province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country.

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Papiamento

Papiamento or Papiamentu (Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean.

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Paramaribo

Paramaribo (nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District.

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Parliament

In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.

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Parliament of Aruba

The Parliament of Aruba (Parlamento di Aruba, Staten van Aruba) is the unicameral legislature or parliament of Aruba.

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Parliament of Curaçao

The Parliament of Curaçao (Parlamento di Kòrsou) consists of 21 members, each elected for a four-year term in a general election.

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Peace of Münster

The Peace of Münster was a treaty between the Lords States General of the Seven United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown, the terms of which were agreed on 30 January 1648.

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Personal union

A personal union is a combination of two or more monarchical states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct.

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Philipsburg, Sint Maarten

Philipsburg is the main town and capital of Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Prime Minister of Aruba

The prime minister of Aruba is de facto head of the executive branch of government.

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Prime Minister of Curaçao

The Prime Minister of Curaçao is the head of government of Curaçao.

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Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The prime minister of the Netherlands (Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands.

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Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana.

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Prince-Bishopric of Liège

The Prince-Bishopric of Liège or Principality of Liège was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was situated for the most part in present-day Belgium.

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Provinces of the Netherlands

There are twelve provinces of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

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Public body (Netherlands)

In the Netherlands, the term public body (a literal translation from the Dutch term) is the general denomination for administrative divisions within the Dutch state, such as the central government, a province, a municipality or a water board.

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Realm of New Zealand

The Realm of New Zealand is the area over which the monarch of New Zealand is head of state.

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Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

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Saba (island)

Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands.

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Saint Martin (island)

Saint Martin (Saint-Martin; Sint Maarten) is an island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately east of Puerto Rico.

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Senate (Netherlands)

The Senate (literally "First Chamber of the States General", or simply, sometimes) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Senate (Netherlands) are 1815 establishments in the Netherlands.

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Sint Eustatius

Sint Eustatius, known locally as Statia, is an island in the Caribbean.

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Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Sinte Romani

Sinte Romani (also known as Sintitikes, Manuš) is the variety of Romani spoken by the Sinti people in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, some parts of Northern Italy and other adjacent regions.

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South American Plate

The South American Plate is a major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well as a sizable region of the Atlantic Ocean seabed extending eastward to the African Plate, with which it forms the southern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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South Holland

South Holland (Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about, making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas.

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Southern Netherlands

The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).

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Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands

The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (Souverein Vorstendom der Vereenigde Nederlanden) was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815.

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Sovereign state

A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Spain are member states of NATO, member states of the European Union and member states of the Union for the Mediterranean.

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Special territories of members of the European Economic Area

The special territories of members of the European Economic Area (EEA) are the 32 special territories of EU member states and EFTA member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association.

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States General of the Netherlands

The States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).

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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.

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Sui generis

Sui generis is a Latin phrase that means "of its/their own kind" or "in a class by itself", therefore "unique".

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Supreme court

In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts.

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Supreme Court of the Netherlands

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden or simply Hoge Raad), officially the High Council of the Netherlands, is the final court of appeal in civil, criminal and tax cases in the Netherlands, including Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba.

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Surinam (Dutch colony)

Surinam (Suriname), also unofficially known as Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation colony in the Guianas, bordered by the equally Dutch colony of Berbice to the west, and the French colony of Cayenne to the east.

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Suriname

Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Kingdom of the Netherlands and Suriname are member states of the Dutch Language Union.

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Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1954 and 1975.

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Telephone numbers in Aruba

Telephone numbers in Aruba have country code 297.

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Telephone numbers in Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands

The country code 599 was assigned to the Netherlands Antilles (dissolved in 2010), and is in use by Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba).

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Telephone numbers in the Netherlands

Telephone numbers in the Netherlands are administered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands.

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The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.

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Tokelau

Tokelau (known previously as the Union Islands, and, until 1976, known officially as the Tokelau Islands) is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Treaty

A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement concluded by sovereign states in international law.

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Treaty of London (1839)

The Treaty of London of 1839, was signed on 19 April 1839 between the major European powers, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium.

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Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.

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Unitary state

A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. Kingdom of the Netherlands and United Kingdom are member states of NATO.

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United Kingdom of the Netherlands

The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume des Belgiques) as it existed between 1815 and 1830. Kingdom of the Netherlands and United Kingdom of the Netherlands are 1815 establishments in the Netherlands and states and territories established in 1815.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United Nations Administered West New Guinea refers to the period between 1 October 1962 and 1 May 1963 when Western New Guinea was administered by the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) in accordance with in article two of the New York Agreement reached between the governments of the Netherlands and Indonesia in August 1962.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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United States of Indonesia

The United States of Indonesia (Verenigde Staten van Indonesië, Republik Indonesia Serikat,; abbreviated as RIS or RUSI, also known as Federal Republic of Indonesia) was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (except Netherlands New Guinea) on 27 December 1949 following the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference.

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Utrecht (province)

Utrecht, officially the Province of Utrecht (Provincie Utrecht), is a province of the Netherlands.

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Vaalserberg

The Vaalserberg is a hill with a height of above NAP and is the highest point in the European part of the Netherlands.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Welfare

Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.

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West Frisian language

West Frisian, or simply Frisian (Frysk or Westerlauwersk Frysk; Fries, also Westerlauwers Fries), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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West Indies Federation

The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962.

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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria; 31 August 1880 – 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948.

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Wilhelmus

"Wilhelmus van Nassouwe", usually known just as "Wilhelmus" (italic;; English translation: "The Wilhelmus"), is the national anthem of both the Netherlands and its sovereign state, the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Willem-Alexander (Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands.

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Willemstad

Willemstad is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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William I of the Netherlands

William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.

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World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.

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Yiddish

Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish,,; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.

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Zeeland

Zeeland (Zeêland; historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands.

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.aw

.aw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Aruba.

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.bq

.bq is designated—but not in use—as the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (the Caribbean Netherlands) following the assignment on December 15, 2010, by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency of BQ as the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 to the area.

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.cw

.cw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Curaçao.

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.eu

.eu is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the European Union (EU).

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.nl

.nl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Netherlands.

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.sx

.sx is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Sint Maarten.

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1969 Curaçao uprising

The 1969 Curaçao uprising (Trinta di Mei) was a series of riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then part of the Netherlands Antilles, a semi-independent country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands

Also known as Caribbean islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Countries of the Netherlands, ISO 3166-1:NL, Kingdom of Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherland, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Reino Hulandes, The Kingdom of the Netherlands, The kingdom of netherlands, Tripartite Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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