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THE HAGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does The Hague mean? 

THE HAGUE (noun)
  The noun THE HAGUE has 1 sense:

1. the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justiceplay

  Familiarity information: THE HAGUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THE HAGUE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

's Gravenhage; Den Haag; The Hague

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("The Hague" is a part of...):

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)


 Context examples 


You will find parallel cases, if you consult my index, in Andover in ’77, and there was something of the sort at The Hague last year.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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