Question/The Netherlands has changed its name? About those things between the Netherlands and the Netherlands
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Recently, the Dutch government decided to change the name of the country to Netherlands from January 2020, stop using the abbreviation of holland, and hope to rebuild the national image.
I believe that many people are confused about this, why did the Netherlands suddenly change its name? What is the Netherlands? How come I've heard the name Netherlands somewhere?
1. The origin of the Netherlands
In fact, the English name of the country we have always called "Holland" has been called since about the fifteenth century: The Kingdom of Kingdom of the Netherlands, which literally translates to "Kingdom of the Netherlands".
"Netherlands" literally means "low-lying", i.e. low-lying countries. Broadly speaking, the "Netherlands" region includes low-lying areas along the Rhine, Maas, Lower Scheldt and the North Sea, equivalent to today's Netherlands (Netherlands), Belgium, Luxembourg and part of northeastern France. As shown in the figure:
The narrow sense of "Netherlands" refers to the Netherlands mainland, including twelve provinces, the most famous of which are "North Holland" and "North Holland". These two places are so famous that almost everything we know about the Netherlands is related to these two provinces, and the big cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, etc. are from these two provinces.
2. Kingdom of the Netherlands
But the "Netherlands", commonly known as the "Netherlands", is only part of the "Kingdom of the Netherlands".
During the 17th century, when the Netherlands was known as the "coachman of the sea", the world sought suitable ports as their trade transit points and established colonies.
To this day, there are four sites left in total. They are Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten in the Caribbean, and the Netherlands in the Netherlands (Netherlands) in Europe.
All four countries belong to the constituent states of the "Kingdom of the Netherlands", and they all have their own governments and currencies. The powers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are limited to defence, diplomacy, nationality and extradition, and in addition to the above-mentioned powers, each constituent State has full autonomy and autonomy.
Therefore, the "Netherlands" can be said to have been called "Netherlands", but it is only because the two provinces of their own territory are really too famous, and over time, in order to spread false rumors, the country is happy to sell its country to the world in this way.
Thus, it became "Holland".
Also, don't look at France and the Netherlands (Netherlands) in the European homeland separated by a Belgium, it seems that the two countries do not border, but!! These two countries are indeed bordering countries!
Why? It is because of the above-mentioned "Dutch St. Maarten" constituent country. I believe that some friends must have heard the name "French Saint Martin", right? Yes, it was the Netherlands (Netherlands) and France that divided the island of Saint-Martin into two parts:
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To the north is "French Saint Martin" and to the south is "Dutch Saint Martin".
But rather than changing the name of "Holland" to "Netherlands", I am more concerned about... What should be called "Dutch beans" and "Dutch pigs" in the future?