Netherlands: Holland

• Holland, an area within the Netherlands, now split into North Holland and South Holland
• Informally (and formerly also formally in sports events), a designation referring to the whole of the Netherlands

Historically it can refer to:

• The County of Holland, a county in the Holy Roman Empire factually until 1581, formally until 1795
• The Dutch Republic or Republic of the Seven United Provinces, an independent aristocratic Republic from 1579/1581 until 1795, frequently called simply "Holland" in literature
• The Kingdom of Holland, a French vassal state covering roughly the area of the Netherlands during the Napoleonic era (1806-1810)

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