2006-11-23 12:56:00 · 8 answers · asked by erin1225 2 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Netherlands
Holland is a common term for the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands and therefore can be considered one country. However, it is really only a region of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The reason that the term Holland is common is because Holland is the region in the central-western part of the Netherlands where many tourists go. Originally, Holland was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the Count of Holland, and later the leading member of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden, 1581–1795).
2006-11-23 13:17:53 · answer #1 · answered by nw_big_skies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holland is a nickname of The Netherlands.
It came to be because most of the major cities...Amsterdam and The Hague are located in the province of Noord-Holland (north holland). Somewhere along the way people became lazy in referring to the netherlands as the netherlands and started calling it holland.
2006-11-23 19:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by silv2078 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holland is TWO provinces in The Netherlands. Because of overseas trade history - Holland is west coast - many people incorrectly refer to our country as "Holland" (like England / United Kingdom).
North:
Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe
West:
Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland
East:
Overijssel, Gelderland
Mid:
Utrecht, Flevoland
South:
Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Zeeland
http://nl.encarta.msn.com/media_81581996/De_Nederlandse_provincies.html
2006-11-24 00:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by Endie vB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holland is actually just a Provence in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but Holland can also be used to in place of The Netherlands
2006-11-23 13:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Holland and The Netherlands and one in the same country. It's like USA, United States or America.
2006-11-23 13:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by CuriousOne 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Holland is indeed two provinces. I believe it was a nickname given by the French? Many people (including the Dutch--I live in North Holland) refer to a wider area than these two provinces as "Holland," but the southern provinces don't really consider themselves "Hollanders" and Friesland in the north DEFINITELY doesn't like to have their country referred to as "Holland." (The Frisians have a slightly different cultural background and their own language.)
2006-11-25 23:20:32 · answer #6 · answered by elysiacb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holland or Netherlands is the same. This is the country.
2006-11-26 03:20:37 · answer #7 · answered by cat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's the name of the country same as Netherlands, just not used as often
2006-11-23 14:15:58 · answer #8 · answered by dreamer_VA 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋