Laan van Meerdervoort

{{Short description|Avenue in The Hague, Netherlands}}

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| image = Hoek LvMeerdervoort-Zoutmanstraat, Den Haag (NL)077no.jpg

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| caption = The crossing of the Laan van Meerdervoort and the Zoutmanstraat as seen from the tower of Gymnasium Haganum

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| length_m = 5800

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| location = The Hague, Netherlands

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| construction_start_date = 1875

| completion_date = 1960

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| known_for = The longest avenue in the Netherlands; isogloss of The Hague dialect

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The Laan van Meerdervoort ({{IPA|nl|ˈlaːɱ vɑˈmeːrdərvoːrt}}) is an avenue in The Hague. At a length of 5.8 km, it is (as of 2011) the longest avenue in the Netherlands.[http://www.omroepwest.nl/nieuws/13-12-2011/laan-van-meerdervoort-op-de-schop 'Laan van Meerdervoort op de schop {{!}} Omroep West][http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010019262:mpeg21:a0043 'De Laan van Meerdervoort, een stuk contemporaine Haagsche historie' in Het Vaderland, 19 September 1940], Historische Kranten KB

The Laan van Meerdervoort is more or less an isogloss of two subvarieties of The Hague dialect. The posher variety called dàftig, Haegs or bekakt Haags is spoken roughly north of it, whereas a low-class variety called plat Haags or Hèègs is spoken roughly south of the Laan van Meerdervoort.