Terminology of the Low Countries The Old Dutch form is "flāmisk", which becomes "vlamesc", "vlaemsch" in Middle Dutch and "Vlaams" in Modern Dutch. Flemish is now exclusively used to describe the majority of Dutch dialects found in Flanders, and as a reference to that region. Calques of "Vlaams" in other languages: In many languages including English, (a calque of) "Holland" is a common name for the Netherlands as a whole. Even the Dutch use this sometimes. Strictly speaking, Holland is only the central-western region of the country comprising two of the twelve provinces, North Holland and South Holland, and thus linguistically a "pars pro toto"
Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region of one of the Regional Parliaments at the same time. Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (French: "Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale", Dutch: "Parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest"), is the governing body of the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. It is also known as the Brussels Regional Parliament (French: "Parlement Bruxellois", Dutch: "Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Parlement"). Elections of 75 Brussels regional deputies, 89 since 2004, take place every five years. Here is the list of past regional elections: The composition of the Brussels Parliament is as follows: A dot means: