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> For those unaware, the old French term for the Netherlands (Holland) is the low countries, which is literally "Pays-Bas" in French.

"Netherlands" still means "low countries".

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I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago

What do you mean by that? https://nl-en.dict.cc/?s=neder https://nl-en.dict.cc/?s=nederig

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