What's the deal with Holland, the Netherlands, and the Dutch?

• Although the terms Holland and the Netherlands are commonly used interchangeably to refer to this country, Holland is technically an area within the country known as the Netherlands.
• Dutch is a word that refers to both the people and the language of the Netherlands (and thus of Holland as well).
• When someone says they were kicked in the nether-region, a proper response would be: "Oh, I didn't know you went to Holland!"