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    Esiste un esonimo “corridoio” di paesi che chiamano i Paesi Bassi “Olanda”, che si estende dalla Polonia alla Turchia

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    1. Chester_roaster on

      Surely a lot of countries are both? Britain is marked green but people call it Holland all the time 

    3. Intelligent_Pass2953 on

      Hmmmm a lot of people in Bulgaria call it Holland, we know its wrong, but its kind of a historic error, yet to be fixed.

    4. GabettiXCV on

      Paesi Bassi is the official name in Italian, but in spoken language people say Olanda 95% of the time.

    5. GolotasDisciple on

      Not really correct, surely?

      While it’s technically wrong, most Europeans use “Holland” and “Netherlands” interchangeably. It does annoy Dutch people, but at this point it’s basically a general norm not some kind of paradox that happens on particular line on the map.

    10. Common_Pirate_8005 on

      In most countries people say both, but the correct one is Netherlands, unless you are specifically reffering to the part of Netherlands called Holland.

    12. Dense-Friend6491 on

      Romania has the “tarile de jos” term but 90% of people will use Holland/Olanda.

    13. --Raskolnikov-- on

      Nobody says “Tarile de jos” in Romania, although that’s the official name

    16. Vaestmannaeyjar on

      You only included input in French for Belgium, you’re going to start a war.

    17. AibofobicRacecar6996 on

      Who in Romania calls Olanda “Tarile de Jos”? You see it in the graphics of a football game, but the average person calls it Olanda.

    19. Mikeytee1000 on

      We call it Holland in Britain I’ve never heard anybody call it the Netherlands in conversation.

    20. SerbianMonies on

      I’m from Serbia but I call NL exclusively ‘Nizozemska’. I say ‘Holandija’ when I’m referring to the historical province.

    23. valbyshadow on

      I would say that Danes know its called Nederlandene; but most people would just say Holland, its faster to say and we know what we mean. No one knows the other Netherland provinces.

    24. TijsZonderH on

      Im convinced this post was created to trigger the majority of Belgians, who in fact, speak Dutch.

    25. Larissalikesthesea on

      And Japan “Oranda” and Chinese “Hélán” as well. And Indonesian Belanda.

    26. juanchospain on

      In all the world people usually call it Holland though isn’t correct

    27. catmandot on

      I think there are many more countries where the official term is “Netherlands” but the general public says “Holland”. For exemple in Germany and to a lesser extent in France.

    28. Alexander_Himars on

      “Niderlandy” is official name in Russia. “Gollandia” is used more often.

    29. Radi1229 on

      In Germany, almost everyone calls in Holland. Almost no one says “Niederlande”

    30. Latter-Curve1469 on

      An Isiltir, sounds bad ass to me. Like Lord of the Rings or something. It’s going to be my new way of saying where I’m from.

    32. guille9 on

      In Spain “Holanda” is the most common name, “Países bajos” can be used but it’s less common.

    34. widling1 on

      My understanding is that Holland is only North and South Holland (2 out of 12 provinces).

    35. Available-Sun6124 on

      Here in Finland we use both Alankomaat (Netherlands) and Hollanti (Holland).

    36. ciprule on

      _Holanda_ is used here a lot. Even in more serious contexts (say a football radio broadcast for example).

    37. Why_Are_Moths_Dusty on

      It’s Yr Iseldiroedd in Welsh. Which just means The Lowlands.

    39. Zastai on

      Chart immediately invalidated by claiming the French name as the name used in Belgium. We have two official languages (well, technically three) so no single name for The Netherlands.

    40. PozitronCZ on

      In Czechia we also colloquially call the Netherlands Holland (and the UK England and UK citizens the Englishmen).

    41. NickMeAnotherTime on

      As a Romanian I can definitely and with utmost certainty tell you that we call it “Olanda”. I know that the correct way is “Țările de Jos”, but I can tell you 100% that unless you are an academic or a football commentator you never call it anything else than Olanda.

    42. Fehervari on

      The alternative in Hungarian is Németalföld, which translates to ‘German Low Lands’. Simply ‘Alföld’ is not available since we already use that for our own plains (Great and Small Hungarian Plains).

      I’m sure most Dutch prefer being collectively called Holland instead of German.

    46. sammclane on

      Thats just wrong. In switzerland we call it Holland 99% of the time. Italy uses Olanda as well. And I guess almost every other country uses that

    47. Moosplauze on

      I’m from Germany and all people I know call the Netherlands Holland aswell. I know it’s not the correct term, but that’s what everyone says. Isn’t it also what all football fans from the Netherlands chant? Hup, Holland, Hup. Never heard them refer to their nation as Netherlands.

    48. ironshrek on

      In Polish the official name is Królestwo Niderlandów (Kingdom of Netherlands)but people still call it Holland in every day use, just like they call the UK Anglia (England)

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