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    3 days ago · As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city. The city is the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters in the city.

  2. 2 days ago · Netherlands, country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. “Netherlands” means low-lying country; the name Holland (from Houtland , or “Wooded Land”) was originally given to one of the medieval cores of what later became the modern state and is still used for 2 of its 12 provinces ( Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland ).

  3. 2 days ago · For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. A Dutch speaker. Dutch ( endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ⓘ) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language [4] and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

  4. Apr 14, 2024 · Holland, city, Ottawa county, southwestern Michigan, U.S., on Lake Macatawa, an inlet of Lake Michigan, some 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Grand Rapids. In 1847 A.C. Van Raalte, a minister from the Netherlands, led a group of Dutch settlers to the site, which became a focus for further Dutch.

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  5. Apr 18, 2024 · The Hague, seat of government of the Netherlands. It is situated on a coastal plain, with the city centre just inland from the North Sea. The Hague is the administrative capital of the country and the home of the court and government, though Amsterdam is the official capital. The city’s name recalls the hunting lodge of the counts of Holland ...

  6. 2 days ago · Country name. conventional long form: Kingdom of the Netherlands conventional short form: Netherlands local long form: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden local short form: Nederland abbreviation: NL etymology: the country name literally means "the lowlands" and refers to the geographic features of the land being both flat and down river from higher areas (i.e., at the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse ...

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