<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related ethnic groups </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> other Germanic peoples (especially Afrikaners, Flemings and Frisians) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Dutch (Dutch: Nederlanders (help info)), occasionally referred to as Netherlanders--a term that is cognate to the Dutch word for Dutch people, "Nederlanders"--are a Germanic ethnic group native to the Netherlands . They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language . Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Curaçao, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States . </P> <P> In the Middle Ages, the Low Countries were situated around the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, forming a part of their respective peripheries, and the various territories of which they consisted had become virtually autonomous by the 13th century . Under the Habsburgs, the Netherlands were organised into a single administrative unit, and in the 16th and 17th centuries the Northern Netherlands gained independence from Spain as the Dutch Republic . The high degree of urbanization characteristic of Dutch society was attained at a relatively early date . During the Republic the first series of large scale Dutch migrations outside of Europe took place . </P>

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