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Holland is the name of a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. Holland is a former county of the Holy Roman Empire and later the leading member of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands ( 1581– 1795).
The area is today divided between two provinces of the Netherlands: North Holland (Noord-Holland) and South Holland (Zuid-Holland) that were created in 1840. A few regions historically Hollandic became part of other provinces as a result of reforms during the French occupation ( 1795- 1813): Willemstad and surroundings, Biesbosch and the Land of Altena became part of North Brabant, the islands of VlielandVlieland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland has only one major town: Oost-Vlieland. Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands, lying in the Wadden Sea. Counting from west to east, it is the second island in the c and TerschellingTerschelling is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. Population centres Baaiduinen, Formerum, Hee, Hoorn, Horp, Kaard, Kinnum, Landerum, Lies, Midsland, Midsland aan Zee, Oosterend, Seerijp, West aan Z went to FrieslandThis article is about the province Friesland in the Netherlands. For information on the region extending from the Netherlands to Denmark, see Frisia. For the district of Friesland in the German state of Lower Saxony, see Friesland (district). West Friesla, and the island of UrkUrk is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. Urk is first mentioned in the 10th century, when it still was an island in the Zuiderzee. In 1939, a dike from the mainland to Urk ended the town's island status. Later in the 20th century, surr to OverijsselOverijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. Geography The capital city is Zwolle. Other major cities include Almelo, Deventer, Enschede and Hengelo. There are three regions in Overijssel: Salland (in th (later FlevolandFlevoland is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country, at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on January 1, 1986; the twelfth province of the country, with Lelystad as its capital. The province has).
The name Holland in this and the other entries on this page ultimately stem from holt land ("wooded land"). A popular, but incorrect, fake etymologyA fake etymology is an invented explanation ( etymology) for the origin of a word. Many vulgar words in particular have been subject to such invented etymologies, most of which have very recent 20th century origins. Sometimes, these etymologies are then p holds that it is derived from hol land ("hollow land"), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region ( Holland, LincolnshireHolland is a region in south-east Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the three ancient subdivisions of Lincolnshire (the other two are Lindsey and Kesteven) that had their own county councils from 1888 until 1974, when they were abolished and Lincolnshir).
The province of Holland was the cultural, political and economic center of the United Provinces. The greatest cities of the provinces were located within the province of Holland such as Amsterdam (the capital), Rotterdam, Leiden, the Hague (the seat of government), Delft, and Haarlem. From the great port cities of Holland, Dutch merchants sailed to and from destinations all over Europe, and merchants from all over Europe gathered to trade in the warehouses of Amsterdam and other trading cities of Holland. As a result, many Europeans heard of the United Provinces first as "Holland" rather than "Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden". This tradition continues to this day.
Thus, even though it is officially incorrect, the word Holland is often used by both Dutch (speaking) and foreign people to denote the entire Netherlands, possibly because "The Netherlands" ("Nederland" in Dutch) is more cumbersome. It is a common misconception for someone to refer to the Netherlands as Holland, because what they are suggesting is the province mentioned above. People from the other provinces of the Netherlands (such as Friesland, North Brabant, Zeeland etc) can be quite offended when referred to as "Hollanders".
For a short time (1806–1810), however, there was the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland, which did encompass the large parts of the Netherlands.
See also: Count of Holland - Counts of Holland family tree
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