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The hague
//ðə ˈhæɡ// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city, the capital of South Holland, Netherlands; the administrative capital of the Netherlands.
- 2 A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
- 3 The International Criminal Court or International Court of Justice. metonymically
Noun
- 1 A conviction and/or punishment for crimes against humanity or war crimes delivered by the International Criminal Court. uncountable
"Those men deserve The Hague for what they did."
- 2 A conviction and/or punishment for a destructive, harmful or immoral act. broadly, figuratively, uncountable
Etymology
Etymology 1
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]",
Etymology 2
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]",
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