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low countries

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
low -coun-tries
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Maas rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Inflected Forms

the Low Countries (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

Benelux Netherlands

Questions

What does low countries mean?
A historical region of Western Europe, consisting of the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Maas rivers, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

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