Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Larry Martell <larry.martell at 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