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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Aren't they generally the same thing?
(I know Holland is technically just a couple of provinces in the Netherlands but people typically employ synecdoche when talking about them.)
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Originally Posted by Buff
Even the Dutch call it Holland. My brother in law emigrated from Holland in the 90s and he doesn't call it The Netherlands. My mother in law was born in Holland, not Netherlands.
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In England they say The Netherlands, in North America they say Holland, in Germany they say Niederlande and in Spain they say Holanda.
We say 'Nederland' ourselves.
It's all the same
