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Place nameHolland
CountryNederland
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Area along North Sea in Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland provinces; former medieval county established when it became independent of Lorraine in the 11th century; Count William II became emperor in 1247; united with Zeeland and Hainaut in the 14th century; passed to Burgundy in 1433.
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