Holland wants to change the name to Netherlands
By youless
@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
December 30, 2019 1:30am CST
I read this news today. It will start from January 1st, 2020. Since Holland just refers to two provinces, but in fact there are totally 12 provinces in this country. Holland is a part of Netherlands.
Now finally I know the difference between Holland and Netherlands. Of course Holland sounds much more familiar with me, but Netherlands makes sense as it refers to the whole country.
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
30 Dec 19
I earlier thought these two are just two different names of same country
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@LadyDuck (502738)
• Italy
30 Dec 19
@Butterfingers WRONG! The Netherlands is a country Holland is a province. Do you say that Punjab is a country, or that Goa is a country? Or only India is a country?
Now you understand because they pretend that only The Netherlands is used, people cannot make the difference, but there is a difference.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17243)
• China
30 Dec 19
Using Holland as their name gives a feeling of "takes a part for the whole" .Netherlands is noted for tulip.
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@happylife1 (13403)
• Karachi, Pakistan
30 Dec 19
yes its patent name is netherland
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Dec 19
I didn't know that Holland is just a part of Netherlands.
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