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Austrian Netherlands

Austrian Netherlands proper noun: a former dependent territory of the Austrian Empire, consisting of the southern part of the Low Countries (modern Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) from 1714 to 1797, when they were annexed by France.

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Proper noun

Austrian Netherlands

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A former dependent territory of the Austrian Empire, consisting of the southern part of the Low Countries (modern Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) from 1714 to 1797, when they were annexed by France.
    • CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192

Questions about Austrian Netherlands

What does Austrian Netherlands mean?
Austrian Netherlands means a former dependent territory of the Austrian Empire, consisting of the southern part of the Low Countries (modern Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) from 1714 to 1797, when they were annexed by France.
What part of speech is Austrian Netherlands?
Austrian Netherlands is a proper noun.

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