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Sep 11, 2005 @ 22:00:28

neonbacalao

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My fiance and I are having a debate about holland. He says Holland is a province in the Netherlands. I say they're one and the same, or maybe that if Holland is a province it takes up the whole country. So are there any natives here that can clear this up or anyone that can point me to a source? Thanks.

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Sep 12, 2005 @ 06:14:51

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I always thought they were the same thing, just maybe with the Netherlands beinmg like a more official name or something

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Sep 12, 2005 @ 06:28:06

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neonbacalao said:
My fiance and I are having a debate about holland. He says Holland is a province in the Netherlands. I say they're one and the same, or maybe that if Holland is a province it takes up the whole country. So are there any natives here that can clear this up or anyone that can point me to a source? Thanks.

holland is the netherlands, i thnk the netherlands is what the dutch call holland.

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Sep 12, 2005 @ 07:36:43

mansio

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The two provinces of North Holland (main town Amsterdam) and South Holland (mains towns Rotterdam and The Hague, the capital) are a small part of The Netherlands, but they are the historical, economical and political core of the country.
People use to equate Holland with The Netherlands, as they equate America with the United States.

Sep 19, 2009 @ 09:59:04

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You tamata and i say tamatoe

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Sep 19, 2009 @ 12:06:12

nicolette2512

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So, being from Ireland, you wouldn't mind to be called English then, ADUB87?

Oct 10, 2009 @ 04:54:48

Yappy1

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neonbacalao said:

My fiance and I are having a debate about holland. He says Holland is a province in the Netherlands. I say they're one and the same, or maybe that if Holland is a province it takes up the whole country. So are there any natives here that can clear this up or anyone that can point me to a source? Thanks.

Noard (North)-Holland and Zuid (South)-Holland are two province in the Netherlands, the Netherlands is the country. I am a Canadian born Dutch girl.

Here's a source:

the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs site

link [www.minbuza.nl]

-Yappy1 (Laura)

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