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Holland vs Brabantian - What's the difference?

holland | brabantian |

As nouns the difference between holland and brabantian

is that holland is a coarse woollen cloth used in furnishing while brabantian is a person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp if brabantian-spoken) of brabant.

As an adjective brabantian is

of or pertaining to the brabantian language.

As a proper noun brabantian is

the language/dialect mainly spoken in north brabant (holland), antwerp and flemish brabant provinces, (belgium).

holland

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The Netherlands.
  • A region of the Netherlands formed by two provinces: North Holland'' and ''South Holland .
  • A historical region of Lincolnshire in England (also called Parts of Holland ).

    • Usage notes

    * Outside the Netherlands, and even sometimes in the Netherlands itself, the term “Holland” often refers to the Netherlands as a whole. This use can sometimes be considered insensitive, especially by residents of the other provinces of the Netherlands. It is somewhat similar to referring to the United Kingdom as "England".

    Related terms

    * New Holland ----

    brabantian

    English

    (wikipedia Brabantian)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the Brabantian language.
    • That is a Brabantian accent, and ''not'' a Limburgish one!
  • Of or pertaining to Brabant or its people.
    • The Brabantian calvinists emigrated ''en masse'' to Holland after the ''Sack of Antwerp'' in the 1580s.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language/dialect mainly spoken in North Brabant (Holland), Antwerp and Flemish Brabant provinces, (Belgium).
    • He speaks Brabantian with his schoolmates, and the standard language in the classroom and with unfamiliar teachers at the playground, a classic example of diglossia.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from the respective provinces or historic region (esp. if Brabantian-spoken) of Brabant.
    • The Brabantians used to be known as rather reticent and stubborn, in contrast to their more open and louder Northern neighbors, the Dutch.

    Usage notes

    * The name of the language, Brabantian , when it means "the Brabantian language", does not assume an article. * Nowadays the demonym mostly applies to people from the eponymous provinces.