Is Holland a country or a region in the Netherlands?

Question

Is Holland a country or a region in the Netherlands?

Answer 1

Holland is just another name for Netherlands, like there are several names for America, the US, USA. Same for England, UK.

Answer 2

It is a region in the Netherlands - Netherlands is the country.

Answer 3

i always thought holland was a country :/

Answer 4

Holland is actually the name for two of the (twelve) provinces in the Netherlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands...

- "Noord Holland" (in English, "North Holland" where Amsterdam is located within)

- "Zuid Holland" ("South Holland" where Den Haag/The Hague is located within)

The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam. Den Haag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague is where the government resides.

So the correct name is the Netherlands, but is still often referred to as Holland - especially with regard to supporting the national team such as with the football

Answer 5

its a region along the coast... but in some languages Holland refers to the entire country

Answer 6

Holland= The Netherlands

They are both the same place:))

Answer 7

It is both; It's a region in the country the Netherlands and it's the unofficial nickname for the entire country.

The reason for this is historical. Back in the 1700's when Holland/The Netherlands was a superpower it was called the United States of the Netherlands and Holland was then the most important and most wealthy state in the country that back then also included what is now Belgium and Luxemburg as well as many overseas territories/colonies (Indonesia, Surinam, New Guinea, South-Africa and parts of the USA to name a few)

Answer 8

its like this:

USA to Florida to Miami

as

Netherlands to Holland to Amsterdam

Holland is a region in the country of Netherlands.

Answer 9

it's a region.

Answer 10

The Netherlands is also known as Holland, however Holland is just a province. The capital of The Netherlands is Amsterdam.

Answer 11

Netherland and Holand are the same but in different languages. in french it is called Pays-Bas.