people from England accord in ghoulish
people from Finland accord Finnish so
people from the Netherlands must be
neveress right well as we all know that
really isn't the case as people from the
Netherlands are called a Dutch so how
did we end up with this odd quirk in the
naming of these people but maybe I'm
going too quickly as it seemed in
evelin's is the home of awkward
confusing nomenclature while I've been
calling this country the Netherlands it
also goes by a different name
Holland I'm sure you've seen this guy's
video but let's recap what exactly is
the difference between the Netherlands
and Holland and of course how did they
get their names
well simply put all of Holland is the
Netherlands but not all of the
Netherlands is Holland let me explain
that a tad better the Netherlands is
split up into 12 provinces with two of
the more eastern provinces being called
North Holland and a South Holland coming
together to form an area just known as
Holland so why have the names of these
two provinces become another name for
the country as a whole well it's because
so much of the national identity of the
Netherlands well at least what tourists
have in mind for the Netherlands is in
Holland the capital of the country
Amsterdam is in North Holland and the
hague is in South Holland the Holland
provinces is also where there are
countless tulips and windmills so
because so much of the stuff associated
with the Netherlands is in Holland the
country as a whole became known as
Holland while that might be an
explanation for what you can name what
that doesn't explain where the names
came from well the country isn't called
the Netherlands because you never age
when you're there the name is actually
to do with the lay of the land the never
in the Netherlands means the low / lower
and this would never actually crops up
sometimes in language such as the term
at the never region to refer to one's
private lowdown area not that I'm
comparing the Netherlands to the never
region and yes it's why the never in
Minecraft is named that as its below
with the normal land in Dutch this name
is a Nederlander which means quite
literally at the lower land as the land
that the Netherlands is on is so flat
and low in fact Jeana around one third
of the countries actually below sea
level being so low as / below sea level
means that flooding is a huge issue in
the Netherlands luckily they have
invested in some top-of-the-range
anti flooding systems to make sure the
country doesn't end up as another part
of the North Sea so what about the name
Holland
well this name comes from the old Dutch
hotland
meaning in English woodland as the land
where the name is fought scum from dust
Trek was on the more wooded areas in the
country the word for wood in modern
Dutch is haut which isn't far at all
from the earlier old Dutch of heart well
that was a tan of a tangent that's how
the country got the names it goes by and
while natives of the Holland provinces
are known as Hollanders Hollanders and
order residents of the Netherlands
accorded dutch which sounds nothing like
Holland or the Netherlands and actually
sounds more like what Germany is called
in German Deutschland well to Frank for
this confusion in language we have the
presumption of the English you're
welcome to thank this name is of German
origin the land and the people of
Germany were given so many names by
others the French called the country a
la manche
the Finnish called the country Saskia
and the swedish called the country twice
gland Germany's own name for themselves
at Deutschland that came not from a name
for one of their tribes as they didn't
see themselves as tribes or rather as
just the people they call their country
few discs which simply meant of the
people over time this word in German
became deutsch which went into the
naming of the country Deutschland this
word of deutsch became Dutch across the
channel in England and in the ignorant
misunderstanding of Europe the only the
English people can achieve the English
simply referred to all speakers of
Germanic language as Dutch this of
course included the Germanic speakers
who lived in the Netherlands who in
English became the Dutch as their their
language though I guess it wasn't all
due to the ignorance of the English the
land of the Netherlands and Germany were
at times one and the same like in the
1500 who know both part of the Holy
Roman Empire there was even variations
of the term Dutch in English like high
Dutch meaning the people who lived in
the mountainous areas of Germany and low
Dutch referring to the people who lived
in the lowlands of the Netherlands the
Netherlands is without doubt one of my
favourite countries and while this
country has so many things to love from
amazing artists to amazing scenery to
amazing food it's this collection of
dissimilar names the Netherlands Holland
and Dutch there's perhaps the most
interesting thing about it the country
of the Netherlands was suggested by
Janet Nibelung and Larry Peterson over
on patreon and thanks to their
suggestions they will now be honored as
name explains patron saint of the
Netherlands if you want to become a name
explained patron saint er then why
support the channel over on patreon just
$1 and up earns you the chance to
suggest the country for the next patron
saint of video and of course thank you
to all my mazing patrons I'm actually
going away for a couple weeks so
earnings from ads before videos will
really take a hit
luckily my amazing patrons will still be
supporting me two dollars a month will
get your name here with all these
amazing people thank you