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Definition of Low countries
1. Noun. The lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Group relationships: Europe
Definition of Low countries
1. Proper noun. The countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Countries
Literary usage of Low countries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1865)
"... and upon what just and reasonable grounds we are moved to give aid to our next
neighbours, the natural people of the low countries, being by long wars, ..."
2. The Camden Miscellany by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"Letters sent to—2nd, The low countries; 4th, France; 7th, The low countries; ...
Letters received from—1st, The Earl of Shrewsbury, the low countries; 2nd, ..."
3. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"THE low countries. The provinces of the low countries, bounded by the great realms
of France and Germany, present, as might be expected, a distinctly ..."
4. The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (1913)
"THE low countries CHAPTER XXVIII THE GOVERNMENT OF HOLLAND I. A CENTURY OF
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Geographical juxtaposition, combined with historical ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In the low countries Philip defeated the French at Saint Quentin (1557) and ...
Peace concluded, Philip, who had been detained in the low countries, ..."
6. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"Her unwillingness therefore to see France swallow up the low countries was no
mere vague jealousy of French aggrandisement, but was a necessary part of her ..."
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