Which countries are closest to England? We count, for this quiz only, the six other British states (3 countries and 3 crown dependencies) as separate nations.
I sympathise with you. Wikipedia says: Some individuals, particularly from the other parts of the Netherlands, dislike the [use of Holland to refer to the Netherlands], or even find it insulting. For this reason I never use the term. The answer is accepted to recognise that others have a different view, and it's obvious which country they mean.
It's a widely-used term to refer to the whole country, unfortunately or not. I think it's being phased out, but pragmatically that will take time. The Dutch government still finances www.holland.com as the main tourism promoter of the country, for example, knowing that in many parts of the world it is still known by that name by a large number of people.
It's up to Jetpunk to decide when it finally becomes archaic, but almost certainly not yet.
Equating it to Dakota for the USA or Bavaria for Germany isn't right.
Sure, added. The country is actually has three endonyms, due to its three official languages of Luxembourgish, French and German: these are Lëtzebuerg, Luxembourg and Luxemburg.
Good quiz!
And please accept Holland for netherlands
It's up to Jetpunk to decide when it finally becomes archaic, but almost certainly not yet.
Equating it to Dakota for the USA or Bavaria for Germany isn't right.