Austrian Netherlands

English

The Austrian Netherlands in 1789

Proper noun

Austrian Netherlands

(plural only, historical) The southern part of the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, & Luxembourg) during their period of Austrian rule (1714–1797), ending with their annexation by France during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192:
  CHINEY, a city of the Auſtrian Netherlands on the confines of the biſhopric of Liege, about twelve miles ſouth-eaſt of Namur...

Coordinate terms

Belgium, Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands

Translations

Translations

Dutch: Oostenrijkse Nederlanden
French: Pays-Bas Autrichiens
German: Österreichische Niederlande
Latin: Belgium Austriacum

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