netherlands antilles in English

noun
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two widely separated groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea, in the Lesser Antilles. The southernmost group, situated just off the north coast of Venezuela, consists of the islands of Bonaire and Curaçao. The northern group comprises the islands of St. Eustatius, St. Martin, and Saba. In 1954, the islands were granted self-government and became an autonomous region of the Netherlands. The Netherlands Antilles were dissolved in 2010, with Curaçao and St Martin becoming self-governing territories and the other islands becoming municipalities of the Netherlands.

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1. La Curacao, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

2. Learn more about the Netherlands Antilles in this article.

3. On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved.

4. The Netherlands Antilles is an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

5. A common system for registering cases of mistreatment should be established in the Netherlands Antilles.

6. Netherlands Antilles, group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea that formerly constituted an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

7. Netherlands Antilles women's national under-17 football team played 2 games in 2006, and had two training sessions a week that year.

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10. APPLICATION by ALM - Antillean Airlines (Antilliaanse Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.) of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, for a licence to operate a Class 9-4R Restricted Charter non-scheduled international service to transport passengers and goods between Canada and any other country using fixed wing aircraft in Group F. DECISION: