What's the reason behind using two names for Holland-- Holland and Netherlands? - http://www.quora.com/The-Net...
Feb 27, 2014
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Arnoud Blankenstein
the Netherlands is the correct english name. Holland is in fact a region (two provinces called north and south Holland). In the past this was the most powerful region of the country. (And perhaps even today) The use of Holland is technically speaking wrong.
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