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Een plein in het centrum van Den Haag, met een standbeeld van Willem de Zwijger. A square in the center of The Hague, with a statue of William the Silent.
Etymology
From Middle Dutchdie Haghe(“the enclosure”), from hage (m, later also f, “enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic*hagô. 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.
