Visiting the land of windmills, clogs and tulips, makes one automatically think of the word Holland, the Dutch nation in the Northwestern part of Europe. But did you know that the official and correct name for the home of the Dutch is the Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, or the “Kingdom of the Netherlands”. This is usually shortened to “the Netherlands”.
The terms Nether or Neder are derived from Germanic words meaning “low”, which combine with lands or landen to mean “lowlands”. This corresponds to the geography of the area which is barely higher than sea level, if not below it!
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