"Den Haag" meaning in Dutch

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Proper name

IPA: /dɛn ˈɦaːx/ Audio: Nl-Den Haag.ogg
Rhymes: -aːx Etymology: From Middle Dutch Die Hāge (“the enclosure”), from hāge (m, later also f, “enclosure, hedge”). First attested in 1242 as die haga. The article form den is dative/accusative, generalized in the modern name because of its use after prepositions, e.g. in den Haghe (“in The Hague”). Compare Den Bosch, Den Hoorn etc. Etymology templates: {{dercat|nl|odt|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=3}}, {{inh|nl|dum|Die Hāge|t=the enclosure}} Middle Dutch Die Hāge (“the enclosure”), {{g|m}} m, {{g|f}} f Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n|head=Den Haag}} Den Haag n
  1. The Hague (a city and municipality, the capital of South Holland, Netherlands; the administrative capital of the Netherlands) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Cities in South Holland, Netherlands, Cities in the Netherlands, Municipalities of South Holland, Netherlands, Places in South Holland, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands Synonyms: 's-Gravenhage [bureaucratese] [officialese, government], Agga (english: nicknames), Hofstad, stad achter de duinen Meronyms: Haagoord Derived forms: Haags, Haagweg, Hagenaar, Hagenees
    Sense id: en-Den_Haag-nl-name-0p8LPK24 Categories (other): National capitals, Provincial capitals of the Netherlands, The Hague, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (figuratively, metonymic) the national government or administrative authority of the Netherlands Tags: figuratively, metonymically, neuter
    Sense id: en-Den_Haag-nl-name-qTiSruTj Categories (other): Dutch metonyms
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          "text": "Arm Den Haag, dat is toch erg dat jij maar niet vergeten kan / de klank van krontjong en van gamelan / In het Indisch restaurant gonst het gesprek van alle kant / tempo doeloe, tempo doeloe in dat verre, verre land",
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