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Netherlands Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Netherlands Antilles, former autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of several islands in the West Indies. Earlier known as the Dutch West Indies and Netherlands West Indies, ...

Netherlands West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Netherlands West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...

Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Antilles: see West Indies.

Greater Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Greater Antilles: see West Indies. ...

Lesser Antilles

(Encyclopedia)Lesser Antilles: see West Indies. ...

Netherlands

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Netherlands nĕᵺˈərləndz [key], Du. Nederland or Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, officially Kingdom of the Netherlands, constitutional monarchy (2015 est. pop. 16,938,000), 15,963 sq mi (41,34...

Curaçao

(Encyclopedia)Curaçao kyo͝oˈrəsō, ko͞oräsouˈ [key], island (2015 est. pop. 158,000), 178 sq mi (461 sq km), an autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the Lesser Antilles off the co...

Willemstad

(Encyclopedia)Willemstad vĭlˈəmstät [key], city (1992 pop. 24,235), capital of Curaçao and former capital of the Netherlands Antilles. The city was the commercial and industrial center of the Netherlands Antil...

Dutch West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Dutch West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...

Aruba

(Encyclopedia)Aruba əro͞oˈbə [key], island, autonomous part of the Netherlands (2015 est. pop. 104,000), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), in the Lesser Antilles off the coast of Venezuela. Oranjestad is the capital and ma...