Editing Netherlands (section)

=== Holland ===
The term ''[[Holland]]'' has frequently been used [[Colloquialism|informally]] to [[Pars pro toto|refer to the whole]] of the modern country of the Netherlands in various languages,<ref name="MoFA">{{cite web |title=Holland or the Netherlands? |url=http://sweden.nlembassy.org/you-and-netherlands |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027142541/http://sweden.nlembassy.org/you-and-netherlands |archive-date=27 October 2016 |access-date=15 December 2012 |publisher=Dutch Embassy in Sweden}}</ref> including [[Dutch language|Dutch]]<ref name="Van Dale">G. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=11 May 2016 |title=Nederland vs. Holland |url=https://www.holland.com/be_nl/toerisme/informatie/algemeen/nederland-vs-holland.htm |access-date=5 February 2023 |website=holland.com |language=Dutch |quote=Wat is het verschil tussen Holland en Nederland? Nederland bestaat uit de 12 provincies, maar veel mensen gebruiken ook het woord Holland als ze het over Nederland hebben.}}</ref> and English. In some languages, Holland is used as the formal name for the Netherlands. However, Holland is a region within the Netherlands that consists of the two provinces of [[North Holland|North]] and [[South Holland]]. Formerly these were a single province, and earlier the [[County of Holland]], which included parts of present-day [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]]. The emphasis on Holland during the formation of the [[Dutch Republic]], the [[Eighty Years' War]], and the [[Anglo-Dutch Wars]] in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, made Holland a ''[[pars pro toto]]'' for the entire country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/about-us/style-book/1435302/Telegraph-style-book-places-and-peoples.html |title=Telegraph style book: places and peoples |access-date=31 March 2014 |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.media.uoa.gr/lectures/linguistic_archives/academic_papers0506/notes/stylesheets_3.pdf|title=The BBC News Styleguide|access-date=31 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227003642/http://www2.media.uoa.gr/lectures/linguistic_archives/academic_papers0506/notes/stylesheets_3.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Many Dutch people object to the country being referred to as ''Holland'' instead of ''the Netherlands'', on much the same grounds as many [[Welsh people|Welsh]] or [[Scottish people|Scottish]] people object to the United Kingdom being referred to as England.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oostendorp |first=Marc van |date=1 June 2018 |title=Nederland of Holland? |url=https://neerlandistiek.nl/2018/06/nederland-of-holland/ |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=Neerlandistiek |language=nl-NL}}</ref> In particular, those from regions other than Holland find it undesirable or misrepresentative to use the term Holland for the whole country,<ref name="MoFA"/> as the [[Holland]] region only comprises two of the twelve provinces, and 38% of Dutch citizens. As of 2019, the Dutch government officially has preferred ''the Netherlands'' instead of ''Holland'' when talking about the country''.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2019 |title=Wennen aan The Netherlands, want Holland bestaat niet langer |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2316869-wennen-aan-the-netherlands-want-holland-bestaat-niet-langer |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=margoD |date=3 September 2020 |title=Wat is het verschil tussen Holland en Nederland? |url=https://wheninholland.com/weetjes/het-verschil-tussen-holland-en-nederland/ |access-date=1 September 2023 |website=When in Holland |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Andrea |date=7 January 2020 |title=The Netherlands Will No Longer Be Called Holland |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/netherlands-holland-official-name-change |access-date=5 February 2022 |website=Travel + Leisure |language=en}}</ref>

Often ''Holland'' or ''Hollanders'' is used by the [[Flemish people|Flemish]] to refer to the Dutch in the Netherlands,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Het Vlaams woordenboek » hollander |url=https://www.vlaamswoordenboek.be/definities/term/hollander |access-date=12 September 2023 |website=vlaamswoordenboek.be}}</ref> and by the Southern Dutch (Dutch living "''[[Grote rivieren|below the great rivers]]''", a natural cultural, social and [[Religion in the Netherlands|religious]] boundary formed by the rivers [[Rhine]] and [[Meuse]]) to refer to the Northern Dutch (Dutch living North of these rivers).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=HOLLANDER – de betekenis volgens Encyclopedie van Noord Brabant |url=https://www.ensie.nl/encyclopedie-van-noord-brabant/hollander |access-date=12 September 2023 |website=ensie.nl}}</ref> In the Southern province of Limburg, the term is used for the Dutch from the other 11 provinces.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=25 October 2017 |title=Limburger vindt 'Hollander' bedreigender dan buitenlander |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2199675-limburger-vindt-hollander-bedreigender-dan-buitenlander |access-date=12 September 2023 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref> The use of the term in this context by the Southern Dutch is in a [[Pejorative|derogatory]] fashion.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />