Le Havre
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Le Havre
- /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/ UK
- /lə ˈhɑː(ɹ)v/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), a 19th-century French clipping of Le Havre-de-Grâce (“The Harbor of Grace”), a combination of its earlier Norman name Hable (“Harbor”) and the short-lived name Ville-de-Grâce, which it bore following its 1517 refounding by Francis I, referencing the supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary acquired by Cambrai Cathedral in 1450 and known in French as Notre-Dame de Grâce. Nearby Honfleur had similarly named its cathedral (subsequently destroyed by a landslide) in its honor.
proper noun Havre
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A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said.
Similar: Franciscopolis, Ville-de-Grâce, Le Havre-de-Grâce, Le Havre-de-Marat, Havre-Marat
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name city
| 日本語 | ル・アーヴル Ru Āvuru, ルアーヴル Ruāvuru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 勒阿弗爾 /勒阿弗尔 Lè'āfú'ěr |
| Português | Havre |
| Français | Le Havre |
| Deutsch | Le Havre |
| Русский | Гавр Gavr, Ле-А́вр Le-Ávr |
| العربية | لُو هَافْر lū hāfr |
| עברית | לה הבר |
Talk about this word "Le Havre." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/le%20havre. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Le Havre. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/le%20havre "Le Havre." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/le%20havre.Cite this
@misc{le_havre_2026,
title = {Le Havre},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/le%20havre},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
