Holland is a region of the Netherlands on the country's western coast, split into two provinces - Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland. To refer to the Netherlands as a whole as 'Holland' is therefore incorrect as 'Holland' does not comprise any other the other ten Dutch provinces.
2007-01-12 10:48:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Netherlands
same reason some people call great britain england , as a welsh person this pisses me off, lack of education i guess ...
2007-01-12 10:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by jizzumonkey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before all the once independent Dutch provinces joined and became a republic in the seventeenth century (Yes, NL used to be a republic and now it is a Kingdom), the country was knowns as Holland comprising South and North Holland. The name Holland just stuck around.
Eddie van der B (listed underneath): I am very sorry, but The Netherlands used to be a republic! Unlike in today's world, the leader of a republic could be a president, a king or what ever statesman. In these days a republic was seen as a way of how government operated - which existed next to a monarchie. For more information on the republic of the Netherlands: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic
2007-01-12 20:47:31 · answer #2 · answered by MM 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Dutch did a lot of trading and most of their ships left from the docks in Noord-Holland. That's why most people knew our country as "Holland"(a word they could pronounce). This word stuck and so nowadays people all over the world still call The Netherlands "Holland"
2007-01-13 01:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by saskia r 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The capital of the netherland (Amsterdam) is situated in Noord-Holland, therefore this is the place that everyone has heard of, it is also a lack of education. It is also lack of education when pepole do not know what language is spoken in the netherland. I live in the Netherlands and it p*sses me off when people ask me if we speak hollandish here. for anyone who doeant know it is DUTCH
2007-01-13 07:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that the country is really The Netherlands, why people cal it Holland i don't know. I tend to call it Holland, but i think for most people its just habit, they have just copied others who call it Holland. Its an easier shorter word to say. Why it started in the first place originally i don't know.
2007-01-12 10:57:50 · answer #5 · answered by heavenlyprinceoffrogs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well when your football team go to world cup they say Holland or Netherlands so i say Holland land when i went and Netherlands when i feel like, sorry, it's the Way it has been.
2007-01-13 12:43:25 · answer #6 · answered by celi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by "People" you mean Americans, it's because we don't learn real geography, in school. Most of what Americans know they have learned from, television or the movies.
I may be one of the few people in the US who can even find Holland on the map, much less know that it is part of the Netherlands, rather than the other way around.
So for all Americans, our apologies for our misinformed populace,
2007-01-12 11:02:06 · answer #7 · answered by Gordon M 3 · 9⤊ 1⤋
I have a book, The Book of Totally Useless Information and it says that Holland was the wealth of Holland in the sixteenth century and sailors from there called themselves Hollanders. The Americans took it that the country they came from is Holland so that's the answer!
2007-01-12 11:00:15 · answer #8 · answered by Calvin B 2 · 2⤊ 5⤋
10 points for Saskia R.
Mirr speaks total nonsense, The Netherlands have never been a republic (duh...did we ever have a president??)
Before the Netherlands became a kingdom, the place was divided and each part was ruled by dukes and stuff...........
2007-01-13 02:05:24 · answer #9 · answered by Endie vB 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree with Endie vB
10 points for saskia r.
Thank you Gordon M maybe you can try to teach the rest?
2007-01-13 10:48:38 · answer #10 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋