# THE Hague

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hague/170915>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 24, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hague/170915 "2003-04-24T18:22:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![drhess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@drhess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhess)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hague/170915/1 "2003-04-24T18:22:52Z")

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Why is it called, THE Hague? What does the word hague mean?

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hague/170915/2 "2003-04-24T18:30:51Z")

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“The Hedge.” It refers (sorta) to a court’s enclosure, and was so called because it was the hunting area for the Counts of Holland. It’s like “the heights” or “the Bronx.”

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hague/170915/3 "2003-04-24T18:33:14Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124985](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124985)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=109004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=109004)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47923](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47923)

Happy hunting:D