Europe
Les Pays-Bas
Netherlands
pluralGoing there, being there
aux Pays-Bas
Coming from
des Pays-Bas
Why
Les Pays-Bas is a plural name: à + les contracts into aux, which gives aux Pays-Bas.
Example
Le vélo est roi aux Pays-Bas.
The bicycle is king in the Netherlands.
Worth knowing
A plural name takes aux, and the adjective is néerlandais rather than hollandais: Holland names only two provinces of the country.
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