Holland

Etymology 1
From. A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from, inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire).

Proper noun

 * 1)  for someone from the Netherlands.
 * 1)  for someone from the Netherlands.
 * 1)  for someone from the Netherlands.

Usage notes

 * Outside the Netherlands, and even sometimes in the Netherlands itself, the term Holland often refers to the Netherlands as a whole. This use is often regarded as incorrect by Dutch people and may sometimes be considered insensitive, especially by residents of the other provinces of the Netherlands. It is somewhat similar to referring to the United Kingdom as “England”. In the context of sports matches, people from the Netherlands do often use Holland themselves for the country as a whole.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: Holandë ,
 * Arabic:, هُولَنْدَة
 * Armenian: Հոլանդիա
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܘܿܠܵܢܕܵܐ
 * Azerbaijani: Hollandiya
 * Belarusian: Гала́ндыя, Галя́ндыя
 * Bengali: হল্যান্ড
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဟော်လန်
 * Catalan: Holanda
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 荷蘭
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican: Ulanda, Olanda
 * Crimean Tatar: Felemenk
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ހޮލެންޑު
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Holando
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: Háland
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჰოლანდია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Hōlani
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: हॉलैंड
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: Ollainn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ^홀란트,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: Голландия
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: Holande
 * Lithuanian:
 * Livonian: Holand
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: Holland,
 * Maltese: Olanda
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: Голланд
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Holland
 * Occitan: Olanda
 * Pashto: هالېنډ
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Hollaunt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: Holland
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Хола̀ндија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: Holandija
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Olanda, Holland
 * Tajik: Ҳоланд
 * Tamil: ஹாலந்து
 * Tatar: Голландия
 * Tetum: Belanda
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན
 * Tongan: Holani
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Gollandiýa
 * Ukrainian: Голла́ндія
 * Urdu: ہالینڈ, ولندیز, ہولانت, ولندستان
 * Uyghur: گوللاندىيە
 * Uzbek: Gollandiya
 * Vietnamese: Hà Lan (荷蘭)
 * West Frisian: Hollân
 * Yiddish: האָלאַנד

Etymology 2
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) A historical region of Lincolnshire (also called Parts of Holland).
 * 2)  for someone from any of the various places in England named Holland.

Etymology
Borrowed from, probably = +.

Etymology
From. A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from, inspired by the low-lying geography of the Dutch region.

Proper noun

 * When cheering for a sports team:
 * 1)  the Netherlands as a whole
 * When cheering for a sports team:
 * 1)  the Netherlands as a whole
 * When cheering for a sports team:
 * 1)  the Netherlands as a whole
 * 1)  the Netherlands as a whole
 * 1)  the Netherlands as a whole
 * 1)  the Netherlands as a whole

Usage notes

 * People in the Netherlands in Dutch generally do not call their country, especially not if they live outside the two provinces of that name. It can be seen as reinforcing Hollandic political and/or cultural dominance, which might be a sensitive subject for some, although unlikely to cause serious offence. However, the term is more widely used to mean “Netherlands” in international contexts, such as in international shipping, and it is also widespread in sports.
 * In Belgium and Suriname Holland is very frequently used as a pars pro toto for the Netherlands, but this is somewhat less common in edited writing and in formal spoken language, where it may be consciously avoided.

Etymology
From, from.

Usage notes

 * In formal contexts, Holland referring to the whole country is now relatively rare.
 * In common speech, Holland continues to be the normal word. The main reason is that the synonym is quite long and, moreover, requires a definite article (as in English). Compare:
 * Wir fahren nach Holland. (three syllables)
 * Wir fahren in die Niederlande. (six syllables)

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From.