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Germans called it Holland prewar and that is why most people do (or did) in the USA. Now it is largely shifted to Netherlands.
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Use both but it's more commonly called Holland here, probably because it's easier to say and more people are familiar with it, perhaps.
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I say The Netherlands or structure my sentences in a way that allows me to say "Dutch" instead, but most people of Dutch descent whom I've known referred to it as Holland. My Philips electric shaver is marked "Made in Holland".
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More exactly, it's like saying "England" for "UK".
A problem with English is that there is only one adjective for both Hollands and Nederlands: "Dutch" (whereas French distinguishes between hollandais and néerlandais).
Oh yes, the word "Hollandic" doest exist in English but only within the academic/linguistic field.
There is a similar issue with Finland. French distinguishes between finlandais and finnois (Swedish finländsk and finsk) for "Finnish", English doesn't.
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Holland mostly. Netherlands occasionally.
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I am not an english speaker but here is my contribution. In Spain ALL the people say "Holland", you only listen "Paises Bajos" (Netherlands) in tv news or something. In fact "Netherlander" doesn't have translation in spanish so we say "Hollander".
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Both, but usually Holland.
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I previously called it Holland but then when I learned that it was called The Netherlands this is what I called it
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Holland. Every other language call it with words simlar to Holland.
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