单词 | united states of the netherlands |
释义 | > as lemmasUnited States of the Netherlands (also United States of Holland) 1. With the. A union of seven provinces forming the basis of the kingdom of the Netherlands; = United Provinces n. at united adj. and n. Compounds. Now historical and rare (in later use only in United States of the Netherlands (also United States of Holland)).In quot. 1600 not a fixed collocation.The seven provinces (Friesland, Gelderland, Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, Groningen, and Overijssel) were unified by the Union of Utrecht in 1579. The union was replaced by the Republic of Batavia in 1795 following the conquest of the Netherlands during the French Revolutionary Wars. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Low Countries > [noun] > Netherlands or Holland Holland?a1400 Low Parties1508 United Provinces1579 United States1600 Dutchland1617 1600 W. Vaughan Golden-groue iii. liii. sig. Aa5v The vnited States of the low Countries sent a huge fleete into Spaine, where they had verie good successe. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 94 The Territory of Utrecht is also associated under the same United States. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Sir John van Olden Barnavelt (1980) v. iii. 2798 Do you hold the Vnited States so tame to feare him? 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 929 By the publick and private colloquies of the United States people. 1761 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXXI. 137 Henry was equally desirous of peace as Philip, but he could not with honour receive proposals without communicating them to the queen of England and the United States. 1779 F. Hervey et al. Naval Hist. Great Brit. II. 168 The United States, overwhelmed with the expence of the war,..were extremely desirous of an accommodation. 1856 R. G. Barnwell Sketch Life & Times J. De Witt i. 7 As early as the year 1581, the Deputies of the United States had assembled at Amsterdam. 1905 H. M. Dexter & M. Dexter Eng. & Holland of Pilgrims iv. ii. 293 Seven beautiful maidens personified the United States of Holland. 1986 Polit. Theory 14 210 Distributing the military command according to a federal (tribal) principle, as in the United States of the Netherlands. < as lemmas |
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