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Holland or Netherlands?

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  • 15-06-2010 11:07pm
    #1
    Daemos
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    Was just reading up on this because I was curious how one country could have two names.

    Apparently the Netherlands is the correct term, because Holland is technically only referring to a particular region. But some Dutch people call the country Holland anyway :confused:

    I used to call it Holland until recently when I had to start writing Netherlands over and over again, and now it's been drilled into me

    So, what do you call it?

    Holland or Netherlands? 153 votes

    Holland
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    Netherlands
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    Coluldn't give a sh1t
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    #2
    missingtime
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    Amsterdam


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    #3
    Calibos
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    The Nether regions tbh


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    Teutorix
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    Well in most languages the name for it is some variation of "netherlands" so I take that to be the correct one, still use both, as do alot of dutch themselves.


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    Giselle
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    I lived in Den Haag for a few months, and I've always called the country the Netherlands.


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    FearDark
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    Awesomeland.


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    Dutch-land.


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    Agricola
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    Ì call it Holland. The Netherlands sounds like something out of Harry Potter.


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    stovelid
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    Are they the Orange lads?

    BRITS OUT


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    Dravokivich
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    That place protected by Lesbians!


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    #11
    gurramok
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    The football team is called Holland! Their fans shout Holland at the matches!


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    FearDark
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    Holland or The Netherlands?

    Who the fúck are the Dutch then??


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    alwaysadub
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    Call it both to be honest,whichever one pops into my head 1st. Not that i talk about it much anyway..


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    Dutchess
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    Well, being Dutch myself I call it Nederland (pronounced: Naydrlahnd). In English, I call it the Netherlands. The country consists of 12 provinces, 2 of them being North-Holland and South-Holland. So 1/6 of the country is Holland. The Holland part of the country is where all the major cities (say Amsterdam, the Hague for example) are and though not geographically being the centre, it is the centre in the sense of this is where it all goes down. So I think this is why people sometimes call it Holland. Also, it rolls a bit easier off the tongue than 'the Netherlands'. (say, you're in South Africa watching a match, shouting 'go, Holland, go!' is easier than 'go the Netherlands go!
    To compare, some people (in the Netherlands at least) would refer to all of Great-Britain as England....


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    allthedoyles
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    FearDark wrote: »
    Holland or The Netherlands?

    Who the fúck are the Dutch then??

    The Dutch are people that came from Germany ( or Deutscheland ) and settled in The Netherlands or Holland , when the dams were built .....

    At least thats what I was told in school .


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    fullstop
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    gurramok wrote: »
    The football team is called Holland! Their fans shout Holland at the matches!

    Really?


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    Sonnenblumen
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    Cheeseland:D


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    Lando Griffin
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    England is also called the UK Britian, The USA called the States or America or The US, Austrila OZ so its not uncommon for this to happen.


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    Irish_wolf
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    Fairly sure holland is just a region of the Netherlands. Saying holland for the netherlands is like if someone said leinster when they meant Ireland.


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    Burgo
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    The Netherlands.


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    Nederland!


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    Sulmac
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    The Netherlands, calling it Holland is like using the word "Leinster" to refer to Ireland.

    edit: Just saw Irish_wolf's post. :(


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    England is also called the UK Britian

    It really isn't.


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    Lando Griffin
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    Cullen Easy Tail wrote: »
    It really isn't.

    Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.


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    #25
    Daemos
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    I have never ever heard it called that


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    Teutorix
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    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.
    Nah man, try tell that to a scot or a welsh person. That like calling an irish person british :mad:


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    stovelid
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    Lando Griffin wrote: »
    Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.

    You don't go around saying Bespin Cloud City, do you?

    It's clearly two different things.


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    Calibos
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    allthedoyles wrote: »
    The Dutch are people that came from Germany ( or Deutscheland ) and settled in The Netherlands or Holland , when the dams were built .....

    At least thats what I was told in school .

    That explains why the Pennsylvania Dutch in the USA are actually of German decent:D


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    owenc
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    Cullen Easy Tail wrote: »
    It really isn't.

    The uk consists of four countries : Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and wales - Not just England!


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    owenc
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    Teutorix wrote: »
    Nah man, try tell that to a scot or a welsh person. That like calling an irish person british :mad:

    Well, they arn't irish then if you call them british. There are scottish people who are british you know, infact they all are because they all have british passports!


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    gurramok
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    fullstop wrote: »
    Really?

    What does that prove? Always notice some of the English speaking channels do have HOL on the scoreline while others have NED. I actually have a football teeshirt(not jersey) with Holland written on it.

    Also, there is nothing in the link showing football fans shouting anything! Show us some video.


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