Holland is a province of the Netherlands. Because it was the one most active in trade abroad people came to associate Dutch people with Holland. “Dutch” howeve

Holland is a province of the Netherlands. Because it was the one most active in trade abroad people came to associate Dutch people with Holland. “Dutch” however is some peculiar English thing. The Holland/Netherlands thing exist in manny countries but in my home country Norway we call them “nederlender” or “Hollender.” This is similar to what the Dutch call themselves.