Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

Hague

[heyg]
noun
  1. The, a city in the W Netherlands, near the North Sea: site of the government, royal residence, and of the International Court of Justice.
Show More
Dutch Den Haag, 's Gravenhage.

South Holland

noun
  1. a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
  2. a city in NE Illinois.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for the hague

Hague1

noun
  1. The Hague the seat of government of the Netherlands and capital of South Holland province, situated about 3 km (2 miles) from the North Sea. Pop: 464 000 (2003 est)Dutch names: 's Gravenhage, Den Haag
Show More

Hague2

noun
  1. William Jefferson. born 1961, British politician; leader of the Conservative party (1997–2001); foreign secretary from 2010; as a writer he is noted for his biography of William Pitt the Younger (2004)
Show More

South Holland

noun
  1. a province of the SW Netherlands, on the North Sea: lying mostly below sea level, it has a coastal strip of dunes and is drained chiefly by distributaries of the Rhine, with large areas of reclaimed land; the most densely populated province in the country, intensively cultivated and industrialized. Capital: The Hague. Pop: 3 440 000 (2003 est). Area: 3196 sq km (1234 sq miles)Dutch name: Zuidholland
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for the hague

Hague

city in Netherlands, from Dutch Den Haag, short for 's Gravenhage, literally "the count's hedge" (i.e. the hedge-enclosed hunting grounds of the counts of Holland); see haw. In French, it is La Haye.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
the hague in Culture

The Hague

[(hayg)]

Seat of the government of The Netherlands, located in the western Netherlands, near the North Sea.

Show More

Note

The city is frequently the site of international conferences.

Note

The International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration are both housed in the city in the Peace Palace, which was built to fulfill the dream that The Hague might become the neutral capital of the world.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.