'Holland' as some use for 'the Netherlands' is a bit of a pars pro toto as Holland is a province of the Netherlands. Is just the most well known part, and more easier pronounce with one/two syllables (depending on how well you're articulating).
Thanks for the etymology btw I was curious about it when I read the op.
Fun fact Citroën is called like that because the maker was of Dutch decent. He was called Citroen, Dutch for the fruit. One of his teachers mistakingly added the trema, and he sick with it, finding it more classy and easier to pronounce for the French than his Dutch spelled name.
Sure. I'm from the Netherlands, we did use bikes more often. But if you look at infrastructure from the fifties and compare that to today there's a world of change. Cars were everywhere and bike lanes just a line on the road.
'Holland' as some use for 'the Netherlands' is a bit of a pars pro toto as Holland is a province of the Netherlands. Is just the most well known part, and more easier pronounce with one/two syllables (depending on how well you're articulating).
Thanks for the etymology btw I was curious about it when I read the op.