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1、NetherlandTheKingdomoftheNetherlandsHollandisanameincommonusagegiventotworegionsinthewesternpartoftheNetherlands.Thename'Holland'isalsooftenusedtorefertothewholeoftheNetherlands,althoughthisisnotformallycorrect.Today,theformerCountyofHollandconsistsofthetwoDutchprovincesofNorthHolland
2、andSouthHolland.NationalflagNationalemblemGeographyHollandissituatedinthewestoftheNetherlands.Amaritimewater-orientedregion,HollandliesontheNorthSeaatthemouthsoftheRhineandtheMeuse(Maas).Ithasnumerousriversandlakesandanextensiveislandcanalandwaterwaysystem.TothesouthisZealand.Theregio
3、nisborderedontheeastbytheIjsselmeerandfourdifferentprovincesoftheNetherlands.LocationHistoryThecharacter,however,ofthepeopleoftheprovinceofHolland,itsqualitiesoftoughness,ofendurance,ofseamanshipandmaritimeenterprise,springfromthepeculiaramphibiousnatureofthecountry,whichdiffersfromth
4、atofanyothercountryintheworld.Theage-longstruggleagainsttheoceanandtheriverfloods,whichhasconvertedthemarshes,thatlayaroundthemouthsoftheRhine(Rijn),theMeuse(Maas)andtheScheldt(Schelde),bytoilsomelabourandskillintofertileandproductivesoil,hasleftitsimpressonthewholehistoryofthispeople
5、.PaintingsTherealismoftheDutchpaintersisbornoftheircommonloveofnature;buteachonehasshowninhisworkakindoflovepeculiarlyhisown;eachonehasrenderedadifferentimpressionwhichhehasreceivedfromnatureandall,startingfromthesamepoint,whichwastheworshipofmaterialtruth,havearrivedatseparateanddist
6、inctgoals.ArchitectureInothercountries,theactivedaysofcommerceareover,themerchantscomenomore,andthestreetsandwaterwaysarequiet.ButallDutchtownshavinganypretensiontoagepossess,toawonderfuldegree,whatmaybetermedanold-worldatmosphere.DutchlanguageDutch-speakingworld.Dutchisalsooneoftheof
7、ficiallanguagesoftheEuropeanUnionandtheUnionofSouthAmericanNations.DutchisaWestGermaniclanguagespokenbyover22millionpeopleasanativelanguage,andover5millionpeopleasasecondlanguageTheDutchLanguageUnioncoordinatesactionsoftheDutch,FlemishandSurinameseauthoritiesinlinguisticissues,languag
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