What is the different between Holland and Netherland?

Answer 1

There is often confusion about Holland. Some people call the Netherlands, Holland, but it is not the same. Holland is only a small part of the Netherlands and like the Dakotas, Carolinas and Virginias, there are two Hollands.

"North-Holland" (Capital city is Haarlem) and "South-Holland" (Capital city is The Hague). MAP

Holland used to be an independent country. It had a "Count", its own coinage (until the 19th century!), its own measuring units and time - but it gave up that independence in the 16th century, when it allied with the Northern and Southern Netherlands against the armies of the King of Spain whom at the time was officially the "Count of Holland" and ruled over this whole area.

The main reasons for war were religious differences, disputes over taxes and the fact that when some cities wanted to break free, the King's army was quite brutal to civilians.

Eventually the Southern Netherlands gave up the fight and stayed occupied by foreign forces until 1830. That area is now called Belgium. The Northern Netherlands fought on and won. Then, along with the counties of (Holland, Drente, Groningen, Friesland, Gelderland, Zeeland and Utrecht) became a free Republic, including the occupied regions of Brabant and Limburg.

All these counties (called provinces today, together with some new ones) are now called "The Kingdom of the Netherlands." MAP

Today the province of Limburg still has a Governor and to say to someone from Limburg or Friesland that he or she is from Holland, is considered an insult. They are not! They consider themselves to be from the Netherlands. They even have their own language.

People from other Provinces (except North and South Holland) will perhaps not consider it a real insult, but still they are not from Holland.

In summary, Holland gave up it's independence a very long time ago, so calling the Netherlands "Holland", is like calling Great Britain "England."

Answer 2

Holland is part of the Netherlands.
All of Holland is in the Netherlands, but not all the Netherlands is in Holland.

Answer 3

Well Holland is devided in two Northern Holland and Southrn Holland and together they are known as the Netherlands.

Answer 4

Holland is a province of the Netherlands. Amsterdam is located in Holland. Holland is the only province a person can smoke pot while wearing wooden shoes...

Answer 5

holland is a province of the netherlands but it is the biggest and so the netherlands gets mistakenly called hollland.

Answer 6

Same place Holland in English,Nederland in dutch