Definition of Le havre

1. Noun. A port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: France, French Republic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Le Havre

Le Chatelier principle
Le Châtelier’s principle
Le Corbusier
Le Douanier Rousseau
Le Duc Tho
Le Fort
Le Fort's amputation
Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction
Le Fort III fracture
Le Fort II fracture
Le Fort I fracture
Le Fort osteotomy
Le Fort sound
Le Gallienne
Le God
Le Havre
Le Mans
Le Notre
Le Verrier
Le antigens
Leacock
Leadbelly
Leader of the Opposition
Leaders of the Opposition
League Championship Series
League of Iroquois
League of Nations
League of Red Cross Societies
Leah
Leahy

Literary usage of Le havre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1894)
"... 5-6 hrs. in the Thames, 18 hrs. ; fares 18s. and 9s. ; return-tickets available for one month, 20s. Bd. and 14s. le havre. — Hotels. ..."

2. Highways and Byways in Normandy by Percy Dearmer (1904)
"CHAPTER XIII le havre TO DIEPPE. le havre, ETRETAT, FECAMP, VALMONT, ... So it is that travellers often fly from le havre at the break of day. ..."

3. The Little Corner Never Conquered: The Story of the American Red Cross Work by John Van Schaick (1922)
"We went through le havre to Ste. Adresse, the temporary seat of the Belgian Government, ... Here le havre had tried to make another Nice without the sun and ..."

4. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"The bride, í twenty-one, was from le havre. With no opposition being recorded, the two parties were united in marriage. There were seven signatures, ..."

5. The Publications of the Champlain Society by Champlain Society (1908)
"II ya pesche de Saumon dans le Havre, mais le maquereau y est abondant, il s'y en pesche de monstrueux en grosseur & longueur, on les prend a la ligne a ..."

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