Originally Posted by fluffiethesock
Welcome, Mr. Appeltje! It's good to see new members who continue posting. 
Can you please explain to me why Holland/The Netherlands has two names? I'm pretty stupid when it comes to that sort of thing. |
I think because We have two names in Dutch as well, Nederland and Holland. "Nederland" is used in a more formal way, while "Holland" is more casual and 'closer to the people'. Football fans always sing "Holland" for example. A bit like Enland, (Great) Britain and the United Kingdom or America vs the (United) States I guess...