Le Havre

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city and major port beside the mouth of the River river, Seine in Seine-Maritime (department) Normandy (region) northern France (country).

Related

Similar words

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

Origin

• From French Le Havre ("The Norman name Hable 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.