If people in polland are called poles, why isn't holland people called holes?
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First of all it is spelt Poland with one L and the 'Pol' part of Poland is pronounced the same as the 'Pol' part of Poles.  The 'Ho'part of Holland is pronounced Haw, not 'Ho' so to call them Holes wouldnt make sense.  Also the correct term for Holland is The Netherlands and English speaking people only call people from Holland Dutch, which I think is derived from the Dutch word for German, although Holland and Germany are 2 different countries and each has their own language.  Hope this helps.
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Holland is the same thing as Netherlands, holland is a region in the Netherlands. The Netherlands were qualified this year in the world cup
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Do you mean the land or the people? If it's the land you are reffering to, the Netherlands is a very flat country. They have built dykes (no I'm not using that as a slur in regards to lesbians) to keep water out and reclaim land from the sea. The name of the Netherlands is from the Latin word 'nether' meaning below. This was the name given to the country on account of it's low elevation and is classified along with Belgium and Luxembourg as the 'Low Countries'.
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The U.S. labelled them that. The Europeans (white man) came here and stole the land as thier own. So they call everyone not "white" a minority. Other countries don't think of it like the U.S. does.
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Don't know what they call themselves, but they're often referred to as Poles.
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BECAUSE THEY"RE AS#HOLES
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Because the Thames is English and the English can call it what they want?\n\nAll countries have different words for various things within them that are different from what outsiders call them.
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hahahahaha!!!\nthats hilarious lol.\nno there called.....germans..
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I doubt if they know, its racial hatered bred into them.But from what I know, the fault lies with the allies of world war two. Churchill and Eisenhower just drew lines on the map. Israel did not exist. The Palestinian were there, they had no claim to the land. The allies should have given both of them land, bigger than what the gave Israel. There was plenty of room. Who would have been able to question it.If they had the Palestinian problem would not exist
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terri, you need to learn to understand, he has written this question almost perfectly, just missed out a comma, but big deal!. The English probably "borrowed" the word Holland from one language, and Dutch from another, I'd like to know if I'm wrong though, good question, by the way.
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The term nation is often used as a synonym for ethnic group (sometimes "ethnos"), but although ethnicity is now one of the most important aspects of cultural or social identity for the members of most nations, people with the same ethnic origin may live in different nation-states and be treated as members of separate nations for that reason.\n\nIn political geography and international politics a country is a geographical territory.\n\nso in simple terms - a nation consists of people and a country is a physical location.
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haha ur juz jealous. without their ancestors they might never hav England on the map
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There is often confusion about Holland. Some people call the Netherlands, Holland, but it is not the same. Holland is only a small part of the Netherlands and like the Dakotas, Carolinas and Virginias, there are two Hollands. \n\n "North-Holland" (Capital city is Haarlem) and "South-Holland" (Capital city is The Hague). MAP \n\n Holland used to be an independent country. It had a "Count", its own coinage (until the 19th century!), its own measuring units and time - but it gave up that independence in the 16th century, when it allied with the Northern and Southern Netherlands against the armies of the King of Spain whom at the time was officially the "Count of Holland" and ruled over this whole area. \n\n The main reasons for war were religious differences, disputes over taxes and the fact that when some cities wanted to break free, the King's army was quite brutal to civilians. \n\n Eventually the Southern Netherlands gave up the fight and stayed occupied by foreign forces until 1830. That area is now called Belgium. The Northern Netherlands fought on and won. Then, along with the counties of (Holland, Drente, Groningen, Friesland, Gelderland, Zeeland and Utrecht) became a free Republic, including the occupied regions of Brabant and Limburg. \n\n All these counties (called provinces today, together with some new ones) are now called "The Kingdom of the Netherlands." MAP \n\n Today the province of Limburg still has a Governor and to say to someone from Limburg or Friesland that he or she is from Holland, is considered an insult. They are not! They consider themselves to be from the Netherlands. They even have their own language. \n\n People from other Provinces (except North and South Holland) will perhaps not consider it a real insult, but still they are not from Holland. \n\n In summary, Holland gave up it's independence a very long time ago, so calling the Netherlands "Holland", is like calling Great Britain "England."
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I think it's extremely petty!\nBut some people are hypersensitive.  (And sometimes I think the Yahoo! Answers people may be so swamped they don't always really look at the object of the complaint.)\nI don't know why that same three-letter word attached to "hole" is such a no-no in America. Personally, it's my favorite insult since it doesn't dis anyone's parents, is non-racist, non-sexist and doesn't touch on anyone religious beliefs. But there you go!\nNext time I guess to be safe you'll just have to say donkey.
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*sigh*  Holland is a region of the Netherlands, Sweden has nothing to do with either of them.
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The simple answer is because they are roads. Sometimes another name may seem more appropriate, but "road" was the name long before.
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because people in europe have small apendages(if ya know what i mean) no actually idk i think it has something to do with their water systems