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Posted on September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

It’s Netherlands, not Holland

While many English-speakers refer to it as Holland, the lowland country famous for tulips, windmills and wooden shoes is properly named the Netherlands. Nord and Zuid Holland are two of the European country’s 12 provinces.

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