Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com>: > And while we're talking about the Dutch, why is the country called > Holland, but then also The Netherlands, but the people are Dutch?
The Netherlands is a latter-day innovation. Holland is the central region of the Netherlands. Compare that with the UK and England. As for why they are called Dutch, see <URL: https://www.etymonline.com/word/Dutch> Generally Germanic peoples called themselves Dutch. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
