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From: comm@zeus.bris.ac.uk (M. Murray)
Subject: Re: The Netherlands (was: The confusion about coutries, states, nations and people)
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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:41:10 GMT
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Eric van der Meer (Eric.Vandermeer@net.HCC.nl) wrote:

: The country is divided into 12 provinces, the most recent of which
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
: (Flevoland) consists entirely of a polder. Historically the most important
   ^^^11^^^^
: province is Holland, itself divided into Northern and Southern part. Thus
                                           ^^^1^^^^     ^^^2^^^^
: "Holland" has become synonymous with "The Netherlands". The other
: provinces are: Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, Gelderland,
                 ^^^3^^^^^  ^^^4^^^^^  ^^^5^^^  ^^^6^^^^^^  ^^^7^^^^^^
: Zeeland (which lent its name to New Zealand), Noord-Brabant, and Limburg.
  ^^^8^^^                                       ^^^9^^^^^^^^       ^^^10^^


That makes 11. Care to tell us what the other one is?


: Eric van der Meer

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