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:So the move is akin to redirecting ''New York'' to ''The Big Apple.
 
:So the move is akin to redirecting ''New York'' to ''The Big Apple.
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:And ''Den Bosch'' just means ''The Forest'', not ''The Duke's Forest'' - ''Hertog'' / ''Herzog'' is duke. The '' 's'' is the relict of an old genitive.
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:And ''Den Bosch'' just means ''The Forest'', not ''The Duke's Forest'' - ''Hertog'' / ''Herzog'' is duke. The '' 's'' is the relict of the article indicating the genitive: ''Des Hertogens Bosch''
    
:On the web-site of 's Hertogenbosch, you won't find the informal name ''Den Bosch'' prominently on display: http://www.s-hertogenbosch.nl/  
 
:On the web-site of 's Hertogenbosch, you won't find the informal name ''Den Bosch'' prominently on display: http://www.s-hertogenbosch.nl/  
    
:[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 14:58, 9 May 2012 (EDT)
 
:[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 14:58, 9 May 2012 (EDT)
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