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Are the Netherlands Spanish

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No. The Netherlands are Dutch. The phrase "Spanish Netherlands" refers to the historical provinces of France, Luxembourg, and Belgium that were ruled by the Spanish from 1581 to 1713, and then by Austria.

This included all of modern Belgium, notably the cities of Brussels and Flanders.

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