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Le Havre

/lə ˈhɑːvɹə/

Le Havre proper noun: a city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.

Proper noun

Le Havre

  1. 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.2025 June 6, “Soccer players given two-game bans after concealing anti-homophobia badge”, in CNN, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    Franciscopolis, Ville-de-Grâce, Le Havre-de-Grâce, Le Havre-de-Marat, Havre-Marat

Le Havre meaning in Marathi and Arabic

Le Havre in Marathi

city
ल आव्र la āvra

Le Havre in Arabic

city
لُو هَافْر lū hāfr

Synonyms of Le Havre

  • Franciscopolis
  • Ville-de-Grâce
  • Le Havre-de-Grâce
  • Le Havre-de-Marat
  • Havre-Marat

Forms of Le Havre

alternative formHavre

Origin of Le Havre

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.

Questions about Le Havre

What does Le Havre mean?
Le Havre means a city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
What is Le Havre in Marathi?
Le Havre in Marathi is ल आव्र (la āvra). See Le Havre meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Le Havre?
Le Havre is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Le Havre?
Le Havre is pronounced /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/ (UK).

Words near Le Havre in the dictionary

  1. Le Flore County
  2. Le God
  3. Le Grand
  4. Le Guinian
  5. Le Haut-Saint-François
  6. Le Havre
  7. Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
  8. Le Lamentin
  9. LE LL
  10. Le Locle
  11. Le Mans

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