The Hague
Meaning
Proper Noun
- city/and/capital South Holland (province) Netherlands (country); administrative capital Netherlands (country).
- municipality South Holland (province) Netherlands (country).
Origin
- From the French translation (confused with La Hague) of Dutch Den Haag, short form of 's-Gravenhage, from Middle Dutch (1400s), literally, "the Count's hedge[-enclosed hunting grounds]",
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