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    1. vladgrinch on

      Holland specifically refers to two provinces in the Netherlands—North Holland and South Holland. These were historically the most influential regions, especially during the Dutch Golden Age, when they fueled much of the nation’s trade and innovation. Consequently, people worldwide adopted „Holland“ as a shorthand for the whole country, despite its official name being the Netherlands.

      The Netherlands is the official country, composed of 12 provinces plus three Caribbean special municipalities, with North Holland being home to Amsterdam, the national capital.

      Finally, there’s the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which includes not just the mainland Dutch provinces but also several territories in the Caribbean, like Aruba, Curaçao , and Sint Maarten. These territories have varying levels of autonomy, with some functioning as municipalities and others as more self-governing entities, all united under the Dutch monarchy.

    2. gansi_m on

      Thank you! I always wondered and made a mental note to Google it later and I just forget until it’s mentioned again, and then I’ll Google it later, and so on and so forth. Now I know.

    5. x021 on

      Dutch fans shout „Hup Holland Hup“ and „Viva Hollandia“ at every sports event… just sayin.

    7. IoIoIoYoIoIoI on

      Nee, hoor. We gebruiken altijd alleen maar het woord „Holland“ omdat we het toch zo lekker vinden.

    11. iFoegot on

      Dutch people abroad be like:

      Local: where are you from?
      Dutch guy: I’m a Dutch.
      Local: uuhh… so, from deutscheland right?
      Dutch: no no Netherlands.
      Local: where is that?
      Dutch: Holland.
      Local: aaahhh Holland

    15. Ok-Appearance-1652 on

      Are the three more islands under monarchy that they don’t show in Netherlands but in kingdom of Netherlands map

    18. Leprecon on

      Honestly as a Dutch person I barely understand the difference between the bottom two. Some islands are cities in the Netherlands, some are independent ‘countries’ within the kingdom of the Netherlands. If you asked me to name which is which I would need this infographic.

    20. Lyceus_ on

      I loved visiting Holland (it was actually North Holland and South Holland, so it’s a 100% proper use of the name.) Beautiful region with lots of things to do!

      I also don’t think using Holland as a synecdoque to refer to the whole Netherlands is a terrible thing. If people know it’s just a simplification, a little language economy isn’t gonna kill anyone. The name in any formal context should always be the Netherlands, of course.

    21. The_memeperson on

      The only people that give a shit if you call it holland instead of the netherlands are foreigners online

    23. Numerous-Confusion-9 on

      Not sure it matters beyond a few disgruntled dutch, everyone knows what you’re talking about regardless of what you say

    26. Human_Pangolin94 on

      I never knew Bonaire and the other two were in the EU. I knew Curacao and Aruba aren’t. I wonder do people take a boat from Bonaire to Curacao for duty free shopping?

    28. mountainstosea on

      So the Kingdom of the Netherlands has two teams in the 2026 World Cup (Netherlands and Curacao).

    29. 15rthughes on

      Also every language has a different and weird name for this fucking country, in Spanish it’s called “Países Bajos” (low countries)

    30. Calixare on

      That’s why many goods say „Made in Holland“ instead of „Made in Netherlands“.

    31. kalel_kamandi on

      In Spanish, the country is oficially refered to as „Los Países Bajos“ (The Low Countries), but in everyday speech it´s „Holanda“.

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