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's Gravenhage

(Encyclopedia)'s Gravenhage, Netherlands: see Hague, The. ...

Hoorn, Philip de Montmorency, count of

(Encyclopedia)Hoorn or Horn, Philip de Montmorency, count of both: hôrn [key], 1518?–1568, Netherlands nobleman, member of the council of state during the regency of Margaret of Parma. In 1562 he joined with the...

North Sea

(Encyclopedia)North Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.222,000 sq mi (574,980 sq km), c.600 mi (1,000 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide, NW of Central Europe. It washes the shores of Great Britain, Norway, Denmark...

William II, prince of Orange

(Encyclopedia)William II, 1626–50, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (1647–50), son and successor of Frederick Henry. He married (1641) Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I ...

Batavian Republic

(Encyclopedia)Batavian Republic, name for the Netherlands in the years (1795–1806) following conquest by the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. The United Provinces of the Netherlands were reconstituted...

Scheldt

(Encyclopedia)Scheldt skĕlt [key], Du. Schelde, Fr. Escaut, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in N France and flowing generally NE across W Belgium and into the North Sea through the Western Scheldt (De Honte)...

Markermeer

(Encyclopedia)Markermeer, lake, the Netherlands: see IJsselmeer. ...

Bois-le-Duc

(Encyclopedia)Bois-le-Duc, Netherlands: see 's Hertogenbosch. ...

Reformed Church in America

(Encyclopedia)Reformed Church in America, Protestant denomination founded in colonial times by settlers from the Netherlands and formerly known as the Dutch Reformed Church. The Reformed Church in Holland emerged i...

Hengelo

(Encyclopedia)Hengelo hĕngˈəlō [key], city, Overijssel prov., E Netherlands. Manufactures include heavy ...