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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 #191786 07/03/10 01:40 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 And speaking of Bronx, why is the borough called THE Bronx? and why The Hague, THE Hague? Perhaps Bran can help with this. And just for fun, why Donald Trump, THE Donald?) "Later ( after 2148), the counts of Holland used The Hague as their administrative centre and residence when in Holland. 'Des Graven Hage' literally means "the count's wood", with connotations like "the count's hedge or private enclosure". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted City and Country names ending with "s" CarlAdler 06/30/10 05:17 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" BranShea 06/30/10 08:23 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 06/30/10 10:07 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" CarlAdler 07/01/10 02:41 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 07/01/10 03:28 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" CarlAdler 07/01/10 05:24 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" Jackie 07/02/10 02:36 AM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" beck123 07/02/10 03:38 AM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" olly 07/02/10 04:46 AM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 07/02/10 04:27 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" CarlAdler 07/02/10 08:01 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 07/03/10 12:46 AM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" BranShea 07/03/10 01:40 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 07/03/10 03:46 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" BranShea 07/04/10 01:26 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 07/04/10 03:12 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" Faldage 07/06/10 12:13 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" beck123 07/02/10 11:39 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" BranShea 07/01/10 04:00 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" LukeJavan8 07/01/10 04:16 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" olly 06/30/10 10:05 PM Re: City and Country names ending with "s" CarlAdler 07/01/10 02:34 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,892 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 356 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 29 wofahulicodoc 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,893 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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