Holland
Holland noun - A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.
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Netherlands and Holland are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Netherlands" instead a noun "Holland".
Netherlands
Netherlands noun - A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.
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Holland and Netherlands are semantically related. You can use "Holland" instead a noun "Netherlands".
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Despite this, they still used the word "Holland" to refer to the country, instead of the official name The Netherlands.
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The biggest offenders are Argentina (アルゼンチン, Aruzenchin, from Argentine, a very archaic English spelling of that country that even the British doesn't use it any more) and the Netherlands/Holland (オランダ, Oranda, from Spanish since the country is named Holanda in that language).
Source: Istanbul Not Constantinople - Also, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, who Napoleon had made king of the Netherlands, once said 'Ik ben konijn van Holland' (I am rabbit of Holland.) it should have been 'koning'
Source: Fun with Foreign Languages
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