Why is Den Haag called The Hague in England?
Its like them calling Carlisle Carlijle
2007-03-13 06:28:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Netherlands
The same reason that the French call London Londres, or we don't pronounce Paris as Paree - before most people could read they would only know the name of a place by hearing the name - and obviously to English ears, Den Haag sounded something like Hague...
See also Peking or Beijing, Bombay & Mumbai, and a million others...
And in a reverse of this, British troops in the First World War thought that Ypres was pronounced Wipers, as that's how the pronounced the word that they saw on maps & signs
2007-03-13 06:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by ciaranj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The French call Den Haag La Haye and the Germans just call it Haag... I call it home :)
2007-03-13 18:13:49 · answer #2 · answered by Vince has left the building... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in England they can't pronounce the "g" in the word Haag!
(they still have to come up with a variation of Scheveningen)
2007-03-13 13:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by karen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that is the Flemish translation!
I'll give you one the other way round:
Why is Caergybi in Wales called Holyhead in English? Same reason.
2007-03-13 13:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by MANCHESTER UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do the French call London Londres?
2007-03-13 13:32:13 · answer #5 · answered by bassmonkey1969 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are English translation names for many cities...
e.g. Firenze/Florence, Munich/Muenchen, etc.
It's the same case, isn't it?
... but not for all cities.
2007-03-13 13:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by alphacharlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are literally thousands of instances of this, e.g.
Wien --- Vienna
Praha ---Prague
Koln --- Cologne
Roma --- Rome
Etc. etc. etc.
2007-03-13 15:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by mal g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋