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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Names </h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Holland%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Holland%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHolland%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Holland" title="Holland">Holland</a>", which in strict usage, refers only to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22North%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22North%20Holland%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNorth%20Holland%7CNorth%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/North_Holland" title="North Holland">North</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22South%20Holland%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22South%20Holland%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSouth%20Holland%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/South_Holland" title="South Holland">South Holland</a>, two of its provinces. Since these two provinces are the most populous and famous of the Netherlands, they often serve as a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22metonym%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22metonym%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmetonym%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Metonym (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWV0b255bT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">metonym</a> for the entire country. 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data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> or informal,<span data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" 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data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">While <i>De Lage landen</i> (The Low Countries) is a geographical designation of the general area of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Belgium%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Belgium%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBelgium%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, the Netherlands, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Luxembourg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Luxembourg%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLuxembourg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Benelux%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Benelux%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBenelux%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Benelux (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQmVuZWx1eD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Benelux</a>, and depending on the context, sometimes extended with parts of northern <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22France%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22France%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFrance%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22French%20Flanders%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22French%20Flanders%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFrench%20Flanders%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="French Flanders (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRnJlbmNoX0ZsYW5kZXJzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">French Flanders</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22French%20Hainaut%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22French%20Hainaut%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFrench%20Hainaut%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="French Hainaut (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRnJlbmNoX0hhaW5hdXQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">French Hainaut</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Artois%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Artois%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BArtois%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Artois (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXJ0b2lzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Artois</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Picardy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Picardy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPicardy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Picardy" title="Picardy">Picardy</a> to the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Somme%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Somme%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSomme%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Somme (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU29tbWU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Somme</a>) and the former <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Luxembourg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Luxembourg%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLuxembourg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> region around <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Diedenhoven%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Thionville%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThionville%7CDiedenhoven%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Thionville" title="Thionville">Diedenhoven</a> and West <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Germany%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Germany%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGermany%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> (east <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Frisia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Frisia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFrisia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Frisia" title="Frisia">Frisia</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Julich%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Julich%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJulich%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Julich (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSnVsaWNoP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Julich</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cleves%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cleves%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCleves%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Cleves" title="Cleves" class="mw-redirect">Cleves</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bentheim%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bentheim%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBentheim%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Bentheim (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQmVudGhlaW0/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Bentheim</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Lingen%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Lingen%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLingen%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Lingen (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGluZ2VuP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Lingen</a>, the region around <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Geldern%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Geldern%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGeldern%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Geldern" title="Geldern">Geldern</a>, around <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bitburg%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bitburg%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBitburg%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Bitburg (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQml0YnVyZz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Bitburg</a>, some municipalities east of the eastern provinces which were annexed by <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Prussia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Prussia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPrussia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> in 1815, etc.). Netherlands has about the same meaning as the Low Countries, but of a more historiographical and political nature. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">In the fifteenth century the name Netherlands (Nederlanden) came into use. Unlike <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22France%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22France%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFrance%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22England%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22England%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEngland%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> it had no ethnic origin, but it was originally a geographical term which denoted only the difference with a higher ground. Place names with <i>Nieder</i> are used in various places in the German language area. Also terms like lower <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rhine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rhine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRhine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Rhine (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmhpbmU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Rhine</a> and lower <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Meuse%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Meuse%20%28river%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMeuse%20%28river%29%7CMeuse%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Meuse (river) (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWV1c2VfKHJpdmVyKT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Meuse</a> were commonly used (vs. middle Rhine or upper Rhine). <i>Niderlant</i> was in the late Middle Ages the region between the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Meuse%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Meuse%20%28river%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMeuse%20%28river%29%7CMeuse%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Meuse (river) (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWV1c2VfKHJpdmVyKT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Meuse</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rhine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rhine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRhine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Rhine (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmhpbmU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Rhine</a>, the Lower Rhine Area now be included. The area known as <i>Oberland</i> (High country) was considered to begin approximately at the nearby higher located <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cologne%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cologne%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCologne%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a>. By extension, the term could also be applied to the delta of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Schelde%2C%20Meuse%20and%20Rhine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rhine%5Cu2013Meuse%5Cu2013Scheldt%20delta%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRhine%5Cu2013Meuse%5Cu2013Scheldt%20delta%7CSchelde%2C%20Meuse%20and%20Rhine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" class="new" title="Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmhpbmUlRTIlODAlOTNNZXVzZSVFMiU4MCU5M1NjaGVsZHRfZGVsdGE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Schelde, Meuse and Rhine</a>, and then would occur in the plural form. Due to the great importance of the Low Countries, the name was increasingly used specifically for this area. From about 1490 the Burgundian-Habsburg provinces thus also were indicated. Besides <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Flanders%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Flanders%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFlanders%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20080276445e2d8b9527397" href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>, "the Netherlands " was, from the mid- sixteenth century on, probably the most common used name. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:68778 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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