"Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas S.A. (Paribas; Bank of Paris and the Netherlands) was a French investment bank based in Paris that in May 2000 merged with Banque National de Paris S.A. to form BNP Paribas. Les Pays-Bas (\"The Low-Countries\") is French for the Netherlands."@en . . . . . . "Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas S.A."@en . . .