A lot of Dutch people actually say Holland when talking English, and several other languages use a variant of Holland instead of Netherlands. I don't think it's the same as saying England instead of UK. It's just it has two names in English.
Isn't the Netherlands the "low" lands meaning all that "area" of low countries near each other Holland, Belgium etc but Holland itself is actually a country in its own right?
I don't know this for sure, just some foggy memory of reading this somewhere.
Isn't the Netherlands the "low" lands meaning all that area of low countries near each other Holland, Belgium etc but Holland is actually a country in its own right?
I don't know this for sure, just some foggy memory of reading this somewhere.
Isn't the Netherlands the "low" lands meaning all that area of low countries near each other Holland, Belgium etc but Holland is actually a country in its own right?
I don't know this for sure, just some foggy memory of reading this somewhere.
A lot of Dutch people actually say Holland when talking English, and several other languages use a variant of Holland instead of Netherlands. I don't think it's the same as saying England instead of UK. It's just it has two names in English.
No, Holland is a province within the Netherlands, just like Friesland, Gelderland and Zeeland are etc.
Holland (both north and south) is the most populous province, and the most well-known cities of the Netherlands are found there e.g. Amsterdam, Haarlem and the Hague.
Perhaps Dutch people sometimes say Holland when speaking English as they know this is the common (but mistaken) name for the country in English.
Well as they speak Dutch there and we are speaking English we can use any English names we want. Do the Germans insist we call Germany Deutschland, or Spain Espana, Russia Rossia or South Korea DeHanMinGuk? What difference does it make if we call Nederland Holland? When referring to the UK do the Dutch use United Kingdom? Or do they use Verenigd Koninkrijk?
Well as they speak Dutch there and we are speaking English we can use any English names we want. Do the Germans insist we call Germany Deutschland, or Spain Espana, Russia Rossia or South Korea DeHanMinGuk? What difference does it make if we call Nederland Holland? When referring to the UK do the Dutch use United Kingdom? Or do they use Verenigd Koninkrijk?
Not the same though is it. We have a word for Nederland, it's the Netherlands.
They are probably as guilty in that they often call the UK 'Engeland', even the bits that aren't in England.
No, Holland is a province within the Netherlands, just like Friesland, Gelderland and Zeeland are etc.
Holland (both north and south) is the most populous province, and the most well-known cities of the Netherlands are found there e.g. Amsterdam, Haarlem and the Hague.
Perhaps Dutch people sometimes say Holland when speaking English as they know this is the common (but mistaken) name for the country in English.
Yes, as far as English-speaking people are concerned, Holland is just an informal term for the Netherlands.
Isn't the Netherlands the "low" lands meaning all that "area" of low countries near each other Holland, Belgium etc but Holland itself is actually a country in its own right?
I don't know this for sure, just some foggy memory of reading this somewhere.
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That is fantastic, thanks for posting
It makes Great Britain/United Kingdom seem so simple!
Many moons ago I lived in Rotterdam for a year and ever since have always had a soft spot for anything Dutch related.
Eh eh ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Lifts me nightie and flashes me genitals
Lol!
BIB - OK i've just watched the GB/UK one and I take back what I said - brain officially mashed!
Haha
Yeah, I think things are just a little simpler in The Netherlands..
So do I. Lovely people. Mind you, it's been many years since I was last there.
I don't know this for sure, just some foggy memory of reading this somewhere.
I refer you to post #43
Shoot your geography teacher.
I wish that YouTube guy had been my Geography teacher (on post 43), lol.
No, Holland is a province within the Netherlands, just like Friesland, Gelderland and Zeeland are etc.
Holland (both north and south) is the most populous province, and the most well-known cities of the Netherlands are found there e.g. Amsterdam, Haarlem and the Hague.
Perhaps Dutch people sometimes say Holland when speaking English as they know this is the common (but mistaken) name for the country in English.
I'm pretty sure some Americans will... Probably confuse Austria and Australia too
Not the same though is it. We have a word for Nederland, it's the Netherlands.
They are probably as guilty in that they often call the UK 'Engeland', even the bits that aren't in England.
Yes, as far as English-speaking people are concerned, Holland is just an informal term for the Netherlands.
The word you are looking for is Benelux
Directly translated the word Niederlände means the low lands.
Some good Germanic clarity there!
I like what Queen Beatrix said in one of her speeches: "God made the world, but man made the Netherlands".
Quite true considering how much of the country has been reclaimed from the sea.