Le Havre

Etymology
From, a 19th-century French clipping of , a combination of its earlier Norman name and the short-lived name , 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.

Translations

 * Arabic: لُو هَافْر
 * Armenian: Հավր
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 勒阿弗爾, 利哈佛
 * Danish: Le Havre
 * Dutch: Le Havre
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: לה הבר
 * Japanese: ル・アーヴル, ルアーヴル
 * Latin: Portus Gratiae, Franciscopolis
 * Marathi: ल आव्र
 * Norman: Lé Hâvre
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Havre
 * Russian:, Ле-А́вр

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", being a contraction of  and ; 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. 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".