Le Havre

English Alternative forms en Havre Etymology en fr Le Havre The harbor, a 19th-century French clipping of fr Le Havre-de-Grâce The Harbor of Grace, a combination of its earlier Norman name nfr Hable Harbor and the short-lived name fr 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. Pronunciation en /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/ /lə ˈhɑː(ɹ)v/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Le Havre.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 en city and major port beside the mouth of the River river/Seine in dept/Seine-Maritime r/Normandy northern c/France. en w:Reuters Soccer players given two-game bans after concealing anti-homophobia badge w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/sport/matic-hassan-anti-homophobia-badge-ban-intl-spt 2025-06-06 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250726111027/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/sport/matic-hassan-anti-homophobia-badge-ban-intl-spt Synonyms historical en Franciscopolis, en Ville-de-Grâce, en Le Havre-de-Grâce, en Le Havre-de-Marat, en Havre-Marat Translations city Arabic: ar لُو هَافْر m Armenian: hy Հավր Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 勒阿弗爾 Lè'āfú'ěr Danish: da Le Havre Dutch: nl Le Havre n French: fr Le Havre m German: de Le Havre n Hebrew: he לה הבר Japanese: ja ル・アーヴル Ru Āvuru, ja ルアーヴル Ruāvuru Latin: la Portus Gratiae m, la Franciscopolis f Marathi: mr ल आव्र Norman: nrf Lé Hâvre m Polish: pl Hawr m Portuguese: pt Havre m Russian: ru Гавр m, ru Ле-А́вр Anagrams en aeehlrv haverel French fr: Pronunciation le hâvre fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Le Havre.wav Proper noun Le Havre m fr city on the north coast of r/Normandy c/France Usage notes Since "Le Havre" begins with "Le", a definite article, it follows the same rules as the lowercase "le", i.e. if you were to say "I am from Le Havre", it would be "Je viens du Havre", fr du being a contraction of fr de and fr le; or if you were to say "I am going to go to Le Havre", similarly it would be "Je vais aller au Havre". The same rule applies for other towns, for example Le Mans and Le Caire (Cairo in French). Curiously, The "de + le = du" and "à + le = au" rules don't apply to surnames, so you say "La politique de Le Pen" as opposed to "La politique du Pen". Derived terms fr havrais fr Havrais/fr Havraise fr nautilite triangulaire du Havre