>>I aplogogise for calling S. a Russian. I guess it's a cold war thing in that one tended to think of the whole of the USSR as Russia (just like we think of all of the Netherlands as Holland, and, indeed, a lot of Americans refer to my country as England, rather than Britain) :-)
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>What else in The Netherlands except Holland? Netherlands Antills?

12 provinces (provincies, singular - provincie); Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland (Fryslan), Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland

Dependent areas:
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles

A+

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