Quote Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман View Post
Some similar examples:

saying "Голландия" (Holland) actually meaning "Нидерланды" (the Netherlands), where North Holland and South Holland are just two of their 12 provinces (Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia);
In Russia also the majority of the people think that there is such country as Holland.

Besides, technically Great Britain doesn't include Northern Ireland. The UK does since 1922.