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Show I LEARN A WORD I EVERY DAY ; Today's word la HAGUE. THE (this proper noun being preceded always, al-ways, according to correct English usage, us-age, by the article). It's pronounced hag with the "a" as in "ago" and the "g" as In "egg." It Is the capital of Holland. In Its original Dutch form It means theVount a garden, the city's present pres-ent sit having been once th place of residence of tho counts of Holland. It's a translation Into English from Dutch, " -Graven Hage " frequently frequent-ly shortened to "Den Haag." tLa Haya is tho Latin form ) It's used like this The Genoa conference con-ference is to be transferred to The Hague, where deliberations will bu resumed re-sumed June 16. |