Is it Holland or Netherlands? (Football/Soccer)
By gohan2091
@gohan2091 (544)
January 20, 2009 12:07am CST
Hi, I was wondering why sometimes the international country is called Netherlands in football and sometimes it's called Holland. Does the country have two names? Or is the Netherlands the general area region?
Thanks
2 responses
@Operator93 (40)
• Belgium
20 Jan 09
you can use both, im from Belgium, underneath holland, my country is far more cooler then holland and we don't have such an uggly accent someone from belgium is tottaly differnet then someone from holland
peace out
@gohan2091 (544)
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22 Jan 09
lol, ok, I will take your word for it. Belgium although I've never been there sounds cool! But Netherlands have a better football team :P
@Operator93 (40)
• Belgium
22 Jan 09
lol, i know, belgium footballs sucks xD, but luckely i dont like football :p
@mrtimharry (1180)
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20 Jan 09
Netherlands is the name of the country, Holland is a mistaken term normally made in the English language. Although most people will know where you are talking about if you say Holland, Holland is actually only a region within the Netherlands.
@gohan2091 (544)
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22 Jan 09
I understand now, thanks for clearing that up. Netherlands will be the name I use from now on.
