The Hague

See also: Hague and hague

English

Etymology

From the French translation (confused with La Hague) of Dutch Den Haag, short form of 's-Gravenhage, from Middle Dutch des Graven hage (1400s), literally, "the Count's hedge[-enclosed hunting grounds]",

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ðə ˈheɪɡ/
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Proper noun

The Hague

A city and capital of South Holland, Netherlands; administrative capital of the Netherlands.
A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
(metonymically) The International Criminal Court or International Court of Justice.
(figuratively, by extension, sometimes hyperbolic) Punishment for a very destructive, harmful or immoral act.

Related terms

haw
hedge

Translations

Dutch city

Afrikaans: Den Haag
Albanian: Haga (sq)
Arabic: لَاهَاي‎ f (lāhāy)
Armenian: Հաագա (Haaga)
Azerbaijani: Haaqa (az)
Basque: Haga (eu)
Belarusian: Гаа́га f (Haáha)
Bengali: হেগ (heg)
Bulgarian: Ха́га (bg) f (Hága)
Burmese: ဟိတ် (my) (hit)
Catalan: la Haia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海牙 (zh) (Hǎiyá)
Chuvash: Гаага (Gaaga)
Czech: Haag (cs) m
Danish: Haag
Dutch: Den Haag (nl) n, 's-Gravenhage (nl) n, De Haag n (Hague dialect)
Esperanto: Hago
Estonian: Haag (et)
Finnish: Haag (fi)
French: La Haye (fr) f
Galician: A Haia f
Georgian: ჰააგა (haaga)
German: Den Haag (de) m
Greek: Χάγη (el) f (Chági)
Haitian Creole: Layè
Hebrew: האג‎ f (hag)
Hindi: हेग (heg)
Hungarian: Hága (hu)
Icelandic: Haag
Indonesian: Den Haag
Irish: an Háig f
Italian: L'Aia f
Japanese: ハーグ (Hāgu), デン・ハーグ (Den-Hāgu)
Kazakh: Гаага (Gaaga)
Khmer: ទីក្រុងហេគ (tii krong-heek), ក្រុងហេគ (krong-heek), ហេគ (heek)
Korean: 헤이그 (Heigeu)
Kyrgyz: Гаага (Gaaga)
Latin: Haga f
Latvian: Hāga f
Limburgish: D'n Haog
Lithuanian: Haga f
Low German: N Heeg
Macedonian: Хаг m (Hag)
Malay: Den Haag
Maltese: Il-Hague m
Mongolian: Гааг (Gaag)
Norwegian: Haag
Occitan: L'Aia f
Persian: لاهه‎ (lâhe)
Polish: Haga (pl) f
Portuguese: Haia (pt) f
Romanian: Haga (ro)
Russian: Гаа́га (ru) f (Gaága)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ха̑г m
Roman: Hȃg (sh) m
Sicilian: L'Aia f
Slovak: Haag m
Slovene: Haag (sl) m
Somali: Den Haag
Spanish: La Haya (es) f
Sranan Tongo: Aga
Swahili: Den Haag
Swedish: Haag (sv)
Tajik: Гаага (Gaaga)
Tamil: டென் ஹாக் (ṭeṉ hāk)
Tatar: Гаага (Ğaağa)
Thai: กรุงเฮก (grung-hék)
Turkish: Lahey (tr)
Turkmen: Gaaga
Ukrainian: Гаа́га f (Haáha), Гаа́ґа f (Haága)
Urdu: ہیگ‎ (heg)
Uzbek: Gaaga
Vietnamese: Den Haag, La Hay
Volapük: 's-Gravenhage
Welsh: Den Haag, Yr Hâg
West Frisian: De Haach