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Netherlands
The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, is known for a flat landscape of canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes. Amsterdam, the capital, is home to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and the house where Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid during WWII. Canal side mansions and a trove of works from artists including Rembrandt and Vermeer remain from the city's 17th-century "Golden Age." ― Google
Capital: Amsterdam
Dialing code: +31
Co-official: English; Papiamentu; West Frisian
Currency: Euro

• Kingdom  of Netherlands

• The word Holland literally meant “wood-land” in Old English and originally referred to people from the northern region of the Netherlands. Over time, Holland, among English speakers, came to apply to the entire country, though it only refers to two provinces—the coastal North and South Holland—in the Netherlands today.
• https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/information/general/netherlands-vs-holland.htm
• https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/information/getting-around-in-holland.htm

• No less than 26 per cent of our country lies below sea level. See and experience how we manage and enjoy our water in a variety of places.
• https://youtu.be/o2u03CL1ur0
• What's your name? Hans
• Why do they call you Hans Dyke Holland? that story I will tell you.
• Where did you live? in Holland( Netherlands)
•  What is special in some places? The land is lower than the sea,
• So what did your people do? They built high walls along the coast.
• Why? to  prevent sea water entering our land.
•  What did you call those walls? DYKES
• What happened one evening? " I noticed a small hole, through which water was seeping."
• What did you do? " I put my hand over that and stopped and blocked."
• " I was there the whole night."
• What happened in the next morning? "Our people who passed that way noticed  me and my plight."
• What did they do? "They filled up the hole and made it right.
• What else did they do?" They praised and thanked for that act ".
• and called me 'HANS DYKE HOLLAND" from that day."

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