# Why is it called 'The Hague' and not Hageville or Haguedam?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-the-hague-and-not-hageville-or-haguedam/118421>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 11, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-the-hague-and-not-hageville-or-haguedam/118421 "2002-07-11T14:06:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-the-hague-and-not-hageville-or-haguedam/118421/1 "2002-07-11T14:06:25Z")

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The subject says it all…

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**Author:** ![Pjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-the-hague-and-not-hageville-or-haguedam/118421/2 "2002-07-11T14:25:58Z")

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[http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/holland.htm#Den%20Haag%20or%20’s-Gravenhage](http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/holland.htm#Den%20Haag%20or%20's-Gravenhage)

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-the-hague-and-not-hageville-or-haguedam/118421/3 "2002-07-11T14:51:24Z")

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Previous thread on the topic, along with observations concerning other article-possessing place names.

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