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, although this may be resented outside the two modern provinces that make up historical Holland. Strictly speaking, Holland is only the central-western region of the country comprising two of the twelve provinces. They are North Holland and South Holland. However, particularly by outsiders, Holland has long become a "pars pro toto" name for the whole nation, similar to the use of Russia for the (former) Soviet Union, or England for the United Kingdom.