im under tha impression that, its tha SAME place.....but, why two names?...do tha netherlands have other countries in it apart from holland?...i didnt think so...so maybe at one point this was true...so why tha name is kept?....strange situation, please educate me peeps...
2007-11-17 12:17:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Netherlands
To PoggyWoggy:
I have lived in the Netherlands my whole life and as long as I've lived here there have always been 12 provinces so I'd like to know where you found the 13th one.
The other answerers above are right: Holland is the name of of 2 of the provinces (Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland), the Netherlands is the English name for the entire country.
2007-11-17 23:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by nohandtohold 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Netherlands is the official if English name of the country. in our own language it is called Nederland.
Holland is the nickname.
Holland is also the name of the region in the west of the country, now officially two provinces, which in the past have always been the most rich and influencial part of the country, where all the bigger cities are, the capital and the gouvernmental city.
It is like calling the UK England, or the USA New England.
And it is NEVER tha!!! Neither in combination with Holland nor with Netherlands.
2007-11-17 20:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by Willeke 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
North and South Holland are 2 of the Netherlands' 12 provinces.
2007-11-17 12:21:03 · answer #3 · answered by Phil McCracken 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Someone has forgotten that The Kingdom of the Netherlands has 13 provinces.
2007-11-17 23:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by Oriental Sous-chef 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-24 10:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Netherlands used to be called Holland.
the same as Sri Lanka used to be called Celyon
2007-11-17 12:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I think of it as the Low Country.
2007-11-17 12:20:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋