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Hague

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Hague  (hg), The or 's Gra·ven·ha·ge (skrävn-häg, srävn-hä)
The de facto capital of the Netherlands, in the western part of the country near the North Sea. The Hague grew around a palace built c. 1250 by William of Holland (1228-1256) and is today the seat of the country's legislature and supreme court and of the International Court of Justice. Population: 474,000.
Hague [heɪg]
n
(Placename) The. the seat of government of the Netherlands and capital of South Holland province, situated about 3 km (2 miles) from the North Sea. Pop.: 440 743 (1999 est.) Dutch names 's Gravenhage Den Haag
Hague2
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(Biographies / Hague, William Jefferson (1961 M, British, POLITICS: politician) William Jefferson. born 1961, British politician; leader of the Conservative party from 1997
Translations
Hague [heɪg] N The Hague → La Haya
Hague [ˈheɪg] n
The Hague → La Haye
Hague
n the Hague → Den Haag nt; in the Hague → in Den Haag; the Hague Conventions (Pol) → die Haager Abkommen; the Hague Tribunal (Pol) → der Internationale Gerichtshof
Hague [heɪg] n the Hague → l'Aia
Hague [heɪg] n the Hague → l'Aia


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Being in such a temper, people generally will run rather than walk; which was the reason why the inhabitants of the Hague were hurrying so fast towards the Buytenhof.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The rendezvous was given, by calculating each day's march, a fortnight from that time upon the chief place at the Hague.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Indeed, the preceding year, the royal houses of Holland, Austria, and England had concluded a treaty of alliance at the Hague, with the intention of plucking the crown of Spain from the head of Philip V, and placing it on that of an archduke to whom they prematurely gave the title of Charles III.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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