South Hollandic (Dutch: Zuid-Hollands) is a group of subdialects of the Hollandic dialect that are spoken in the southern part of the Hollandic-speaking area. An example of a South Hollandic dialect is The Hague dialect. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch.

Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland.By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces …

The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ()), informally Holland, is a country located in Western Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the others being Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten). In Europe, the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, and borders Germany to the east, …

Hollandia (teljes nevén Holland Királyság, hollandul Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) nyugat-európai ország. Délről Belgium, keletről Németország, északnyugat felől az Északi-tenger határolja. A holland közjog különbséget tesz „Hollandia” és a „Hollandiai Királyság” között. A Hollandiai Királyság 4 részből áll: Hollandia, valamint a Karib-szigetekhez tartozó ...

The Friso-Hollandic Wars, also called Frisian-Hollandic Wars (Dutch: Fries-Hollandse Oorlogen; West Frisian: Frysk-Hollânske oarloggen), were a series of short medieval wars (ranging from single battles to entire campaigns) consisting of the attempts made by the counts of Holland to conquer the free Frisian territories, which lay to the north and east of their domain.

Sauce hollandaise is French for "Hollandic sauce". The name implies Dutch origins, but the actual connection is unclear. The name "Dutch sauce" is documented in English as early as 1573, though without a recipe showing that it was the same thing. The first documented recipe is from 1651 in La Varenne's Le Cuisinier François for "asparagus with fragrant sauce":

The Dutch Water Line (Dutch: Hollandsche Waterlinie, modern spelling: Hollandse Waterlinie) was a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of Nassau in the early 17th century, and realised by his half brother Frederick Henry.Combined with natural bodies of water, the Water Line could be used to transform Holland, the westernmost region of the Netherlands and adjacent …

Origin. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period, Zeeland was claimed by the Count of Holland as well as the Count of Flanders, and the area was exposed to influence from both directions.The dialects clearly show a gradual increase of Hollandic elements as one goes northwards. However, Zeelandic is fairly coherent with clear borders, as the broad sea arms …

Dutch people. The Dutch are the people who live in the Netherlands, or those that come from the Netherlands. Often the Netherlands is called Holland, but this is only part of the Netherlands. The Dutch culture and ethnicity are also found outside of the Netherlands, with large number of Dutch living in the United States of America, South Africa ...