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French: Pays-Bas méridionaux

English translation: southern Low Countries







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French term or phrase:Pays-Bas méridionaux
English translation:southern Low Countries
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Art/Literary - Geography / history
French term or phrase: Pays-Bas méridionaux
Les Regnon, seigneurs de Chaligny, ont vraisemblablement passé commande des trois tapisseries présentées ici dans les ateliers des ***Pays-Bas méridionaux*** peut-être de Bruxelles.

I understand that this is an archaic term. What would be the English equivalent (preferably archaic)?
transland
France
southern Low Countries
Explanation:
Just a bit more archaic
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Pat Jenner
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
I have chosen this answer in order to avoid confusion with present day Netherlands. Many thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +12the Southern Netherlands
Rachel Fell
4 +3southern Low CountriesPat Jenner


  

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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
southern Low Countries

Explanation:
Just a bit more archaic

Pat Jenner
United Kingdom
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
I have chosen this answer in order to avoid confusion with present day Netherlands. Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Theodora OB: I would go for this definitely. Southern netherlands means the southern provinces of today's Netherlands.I am dutch, by the way!
58 mins
agree Angela Dickson: yes this is a little clearer than the above.
5 hrs
agree Rachel Fell: Could be, Pat - don't know which period Asker's referring to, as per my added note:)
2 days4 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +12
the Southern Netherlands

Explanation:
The Southern Netherlands were a part of the Low Countries controlled by Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1579-1713), Austria (Austrian Netherlands, 1713-1794) and France (1794-1815). This region comprised most of modern Belgium (except the prince-bishopric of Liège, which was an autonomous, neutral part of the German Holy Roman Empire) and Luxembourg (including the homonymous present Belgian province) as well as, before 1678, much of north-western France.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Netherlands

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Note added at 2 days18 hrs (2006-04-21 16:17:29 GMT) Post-grading
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Not sure which period is concerned, but this gives a bit more detail about the complexities...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Provinces



Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree aqanai
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agree irat56
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agree juliebarba
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agree sporran
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agree Awana
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agree Juan Jacob: Yes, we belgian people were part of Netherlands/Spain and, later, of France. (Now we're free!)
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agree emiledgar: without a doubt (in regards to Juan Jacob's note - n'oubliez pas l'Autriche!)
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agree algtranslator
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agree Marcel F
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agree silt
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agree MDI-IDM
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