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The Netherlands Antilles used to be a constituent state of the . The term is still loosely used to describe the various islands in the Caribbean that were formerly Dutch colonial possessions, even though the Netherlands Antilles legally ceased to exist on October 10, 2010.
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  • Type: country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with 197,000 residents
  • Description: former country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “AHO”, “AN”, “Antillen”, “Dutch Antillean”, “Dutch Antilles”, “Dutch Antilles/West Indies”, “ISO 3166-1:AN”, “N.W.I.”, “Nederlandse Antillen”, “Netherland Antilles”, “Netherland Antillies”, “Netherlands Antillean”, “Netherlands Antilleans”, “Netherlands-Antilles”, and “The Netherlands Antilles”
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Netherlands Antilles

Latitude of center
12.16° or 12° 9′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
-68.98° or 68° 58′ 48″ west
Population
197,000
Wiki­data ID
Q25227
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Netherlands Antilles” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Nederlands-Antille”
  • Afrikaans: “Nederlandse Antille”
  • Albanian: “Antilet Holandeze”
  • Amharic: “የኔዘርላንድ አንቲሊዝ”
  • Angika: “नीदरलैंड आन्टिलन”
  • Arabic: “جزر الأنتيل الهولندية”
  • Arabic: “جزر الأنتيل الهولنديه”
  • Aragonese: “Antillas Holandesas”
  • Aragonese: “Antillas Neerlandesas”
  • Aragonese: “Antillas Olandesas”
  • Armenian: “Հոլանդական Անտիլներ”
  • Armenian: “Նիդեռլանդյան Անթիլյան կղզիներ”
  • Armenian: “Նիդեռլանյան Անթիլյան կղզիներ”
  • Armenian: “Նիդերլանդական Անտիլյան կղզիներ”
  • Armenian: “Նիդերլանդական Անտիլներ”
  • Armenian: “Նիդերլանդյան Անտիլներ”
  • Armenian: “Նիդերլանդների Անտիլյան կղզիներ”
  • Arpitan: “Antiles nêrlandêses”
  • Asturian: “Antilles Neerlandeses”
  • Azerbaijani: “Niderland Antil adaları”
  • Basque: “Antilla Herbeheretarrak”
  • Basque: “Antilla Neerlandarrak”
  • Basque: “Herbeherear Antillak”
  • Basque: “Herbehereetako Antillak”
  • Basque: “Holandar Antillak”
  • Basque: “Holandarren Antillak”
  • Belarusian: “Нідэрландскія Антылы”
  • Belarusian: “Нідэрландскія Антыльскія астравы”
  • Belarusian: “Нідэрляндзкія Антылы”
  • Bengali: “নেদারল্যান্ডস এন্টিলস”
  • Bishnupriya: “নেদারল্যান্ড এন্টিল্লেস”
  • Bosnian: “Holandski Antili”
  • Bosnian: “Nizozemski Antili”
  • Breton: “Antilhez Nederlandat”
  • Bulgarian: “Нидерландски Антили”
  • Bulgarian: “Нидерландските Антили”
  • Bulgarian: “Холандски Антили”
  • Bulgarian: “Холандските Антили”
  • Catalan: “Antilles Holandeses”
  • Catalan: “Antilles Neerlandeses”
  • Central Bikol: “Antillas Nederlandyas”
  • Chinese: “Hô-lân léng Antilles”
  • Chinese: “荷属安地列斯群岛”
  • Chinese: “荷属安的列斯”
  • Chinese: “荷属安的列斯群岛”
  • Chinese: “荷屬安地列斯”
  • Chinese: “荷屬安得列斯”
  • Chinese: “荷屬安的列”
  • Chinese: “荷屬安的列斯”
  • Chinese: “荷屬西印度”
  • Chinese: “荷蘭屬地”
  • Cornish: “Antillys Iseldiryek”
  • Corsican: “Antigli Olandesi”
  • Corsican: “Antigli Ulandesi”
  • Corsican: “Antilli Olandesi”
  • Croatian: “Nizozemski Antili”
  • Czech: “Nizozemská Západní Indie”
  • Czech: “Nizozemské Antily”
  • Danish: “De Nederlandske Antiller”
  • Danish: “Hollandske Antiller”
  • Danish: “Nederlandske Antiller”
  • Dhivehi: “ނެދަލޭންޑު އެންޓިލޭ”
  • Dutch: “AN”
  • Dutch: “ANT”
  • Dutch: “Antiliaans”
  • Dutch: “Antillen”
  • Dutch: “Nederlandse Antillen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزر الانتيل الهولنديه”
  • Esperanto: “Nederlandaj Antiloj”
  • Estonian: “AHO”
  • Estonian: “Hollandi Antillid”
  • Estonian: “Hollandi Lääne-India”
  • Faroese: “Niðurlendsku Antillurnar”
  • Finnish: “Alankomaiden Antillit”
  • Finnish: “Hollannin Antillit”
  • French: “Antilles hollandaises”
  • French: “Antilles neerlandaises”
  • French: “Antilles néerlandaises”
  • French: “Antilles-Néerlandaises”
  • French: “Démographie des Antilles néerlandaises”
  • French: “Dutch Antilles”
  • French: “Indes occidentales néerlandaises”
  • French: “Nederlandse antillen”
  • French: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Gagauz: “Niderland Antilleri”
  • Galician: “Antillas Holandesas”
  • Galician: “Antillas Neerlandesas”
  • Georgian: “ნიდერლანდების ანტილის კუნძულები”
  • Georgian: “ნიდერლანდის ანტილები”
  • Georgian: “ნიდერლანდის ანტილის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Niederländische Antillen”
  • German: “Niederländischen Antillen”
  • Greek: “AHO”
  • Greek: “Ολλανδικές Αντίλλες”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hò-làn liâng Antilles”
  • Hebrew: “האנטילים ההולנדיים”
  • Hebrew: “האנטילים ההולנדים”
  • Hindi: “नीदरलान्स आन्तिलन”
  • Hindi: “नीदरलैंड एंटीलीज़”
  • Hindi: “नीदरलैंड एण्टिल्स”
  • Hindi: “नीदरलैंड्स ऐंटाइल्स”
  • Hindi: “नीदरलैण्ड एण्टीलीज़”
  • Hindi: “नीदरलैण्द ऍण्टिल्ल्स्”
  • Hungarian: “Holland Antillák”
  • Hungarian: “Holland-Antillák”
  • Icelandic: “Hollensku Antillaeyjar”
  • Icelandic: “Hollensku Antillur”
  • Ido: “Nederlandan Antili”
  • Ido: “Nederlandana Antili”
  • Iloko: “Antilia nga Olandés”
  • Iloko: “Antillas ti Olanda”
  • Iloko: “Dagiti Antille iti Nederland”
  • Iloko: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Indonesian: “Antillen Belanda”
  • Indonesian: “Antilles Belanda”
  • Interlingua: “Antillas Hollandese”
  • Interlingua: “Antillas Nederlandese”
  • Irish: “Aintillí na hÍsiltíre”
  • Italian: “Antille Olandesi”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Nedalan Antiliiz”
  • Japanese: “オランダ領アンチル”
  • Japanese: “オランダ領アンティル”
  • Japanese: “オランダ領アンティルの総督”
  • Javanese: “Antillen Belanda”
  • Javanese: “Antillen Walanda”
  • Kazakh: “Антийлер”
  • Kazakh: “Нидерланд Антиласы”
  • Kazakh: “Нидерланд Антиль аралдары”
  • Kirghiz: “Нидерланд Антил аралдары”
  • Korean: “네덜란드 안틸레스”
  • Korean: “네덜란드령 안틸레스 제도”
  • Korean: “네덜란드령 안틸레스”
  • Latin: “Antillae Nederlandenses”
  • Latin: “Antillae Nederlandiae”
  • Latvian: “AHO”
  • Latvian: “Nīderlandes Antiļas”
  • Latvian: “Nīderlandes Antiļu salas”
  • Ligurian: “Antille Olandeixi”
  • Limburgan: “Nederlandse Antille”
  • Lingala: “Antilles Néerlandaises”
  • Lingala: “Antiya ya Holanda”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Antiles Nederlandes”
  • Lithuanian: “Nyderlandų Antilai”
  • Lithuanian: “Olandijos Antilai”
  • Lithuanian: “Olandų Antilai”
  • Lombard: “Antil Ulandes”
  • Lombard: “Antill Olandes”
  • Low German: “Nedderlandsche Antillen”
  • Low German: “Nedderlannsche Antillen”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Nižozemske Antile”
  • Luxembourgish: “Hollännesch Antillen”
  • Macedonian: “Холандски Антили”
  • Malay: “Antillen Belanda”
  • Malay: “Antilles Belanda”
  • Malay: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Marathi: “नेदरलँड्स अँटिल्स”
  • Marathi: “नेदरलँड्स अँटीलेस”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Hò̤-làng liāng Antilles”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kē-tē-kok Antilles”
  • Mingrelian: “ნიდერლანდეფიშ ანტილიშ კოკეფი”
  • Nepali: “नेदरल्याण्डस एन्टिलस”
  • Nepali: “नेदरल्यान्ड एन्टिलस”
  • Northern Frisian: “Neederluns Antilen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Antillanar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Antillaner”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “De nederlandske Antiller”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nederlandske Antillene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nederlandske Antiller”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antillane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Antillene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei nederlandske Antillane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nederlandske Antillane”
  • Norwegian: “De nederlandske Antiller”
  • Novial: “Nederlandani Antiles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Antilhas Neerlandesas”
  • Papiamento: “Antia Hulandes”
  • Papiamento: “Antia”
  • Papiamento: “Antias Hulandes”
  • Papiamento: “Antias Neerlandes”
  • Papiamento: “Antiya Hulandes”
  • Persian: “آنتیل هلند”
  • Persian: “انتیل هلند”
  • Persian: “جزایر آنتیل هلند”
  • Persian: “جزایر آنتیل”
  • Persian: “جزایر انتیل هلند”
  • Persian: “جزایر انتیل”
  • Piemontese: “Antile Olandèise”
  • Polish: “Antyle Holenderskie”
  • Polish: “Bonaire, Sint Eustatius i Saba”
  • Portuguese: “Antilhas Holandesas”
  • Portuguese: “Antilhas Neerlandesas”
  • Portuguese: “Índias Holandesas Ocidentais”
  • Portuguese: “Índias Ocidentais Neerlandesas”
  • Portuguese: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Romanian: “Antilele Neerlandeze”
  • Russian: “AHO”
  • Russian: “Нидерландские Антилы”
  • Russian: “Нидерландские Антильские острова”
  • Scots: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Serbian: “Nederlandse Antillen”
  • Serbian: “Холандски Антили”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Holandski Antili”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nizozemski Antili”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Холандски Антили”
  • Sicilian: “Antilli Ulannisi”
  • Sicilian: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Slovak: “Holandské Antily”
  • Slovenian: “Nizozemski Antili”
  • Somali: “Nederlaan Antiilis”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هولند آنتیل آدالاری”
  • Spanish: “AA. NN.”
  • Spanish: “AANN”
  • Spanish: “Antillas Holandesas”
  • Spanish: “Antillas Neerlandesas”
  • Spanish: “Curazao y Dependencias”
  • Spanish: “Indias Occidentales Holandesas”
  • Spanish: “Indias Occidentales Neerlandesas”
  • Spanish: “Nederlandse Antillen”
  • Spanish: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Antila”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Bakra Antila”
  • Sundanese: “Antillen Belanda”
  • Sundanese: “Antillen Walanda”
  • Sundanese: “Antilles Belanda”
  • Sundanese: “Antilles Walanda”
  • Sundanese: “Walanda Antilles”
  • Swahili: “Antili za Kiholanzi”
  • Swahili: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Swedish: “Nederländska Antillerna”
  • Tagalog: “Antillas Holandesas”
  • Tagalog: “Antillas Neerlandesas”
  • Tagalog: “Antilya ng Nederland”
  • Tagalog: “Antilya ng Nederlanda”
  • Tagalog: “Antilya ng Nederlands”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyang Nederlandes”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyang Olandes”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas na Olandesa”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas Nederlandes”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas Nederlands”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas Nerlandesa”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas ng Nederland”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas ng Nederlanda”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas ng Nederlands”
  • Tagalog: “Antilyas Olandesa”
  • Tagalog: “Dutch Antilles”
  • Tagalog: “Dutch West Indies”
  • Tagalog: “Indias Occidentales Holandesas”
  • Tagalog: “Kanlurang mga Indyang Olandes”
  • Tagalog: “Kanlurang Olandes na mga Indya”
  • Tagalog: “Nederlandes na Kanlurang Mga Indya”
  • Tagalog: “Nederlands Antiles”
  • Tagalog: “Nederlands Antilyas”
  • Tagalog: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Tagalog: “Netherlands West Indies”
  • Tagalog: “Olandes na Antilya”
  • Tagalog: “Olandes na Antilyas”
  • Tagalog: “Olandes na Kanlurang mga Indya”
  • Tagalog: “Olandesang Antilya”
  • Tagalog: “Olandesang Antilyas”
  • Tajik: “Антил Ҳоланд”
  • Tamil: “டச்சு அண்டிலிசு”
  • Tamil: “நெதர்லாந்து அண்டிலிசு”
  • Tatar: “Нидерланд Антиль утраулары”
  • Telugu: “నెదర్లాండ్సు యాంటిలిస్”
  • Thai: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Thai: “เนเธอร์แลนด์แอนทิลลิส”
  • Thai: “เนเธอร์แลนด์แอนทิลลีส”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะเนเธอร์แลนด์แอนทิลลิส”
  • Turkish: “Hollanda Antilleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Антили”
  • Ukrainian: “Антіли”
  • Ukrainian: “Нідерландські Антильські острови”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Nižozemske Antile”
  • Urdu: “نیدرلینڈز انٹیلیز”
  • Venetian: “Antìe Olandese”
  • Venetian: “Antiłe Ołandesi”
  • Venetian: “Antiłe olandexi”
  • Venetian: “Antiłe Ołandexi”
  • Venetian: “Antiłe Ołandéxi”
  • Venetian: “Antiłe Ołandezi”
  • Venetian: “Antille Olandesi”
  • Vietnamese: “Antille thuộc Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Antille thuộc Hòa Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Antilles Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Antilles thuộc Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Antilles thuộc Hòa Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Antilles/Tây Ấn Hà Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Ấn Hà Lan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Welsh: “Antiles yr Iseldiroedd”
  • Welsh: “Antilles Iseldiraidd”
  • Welsh: “Antilles yr Iseldiroedd”
  • Western Frisian: “Nederlânske Antillen”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیدرلینڈز انٹیلیز”
  • Wu Chinese: “盎替立斯”
  • Wu Chinese: “荷属安地列斯”
  • Yakut: “Недерланд Антииллара”
  • Yakut: “Недерланд Антиллара”
  • Yiddish: “האלענדישע אנטילן”
  • Yoruba: “Ántíllès àwọn Nẹ́dálándì”
  • Yoruba: “Netherlands Antilles”
  • Yoruba: “The Netherlands Antilles”
  • Yue Chinese: “荷屬安的列斯”

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