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单词 le havre
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Le Havre


Le Ha·vre

L0110700 (lə hä′vrə, häv′) A city of northern France on the English Channel west-northwest of Paris. It has been a major port since 1500s.

Le Havre

(lə ˈhɑːvrə; French lə ɑvrə) n (Placename) a port in N France, on the English Channel at the mouth of the River Seine: transatlantic trade; oil refining. Pop: 185 311 (2006)

Le Ha•vre

(lə ˈhɑ vrə; Fr. lə ˈa vrə)
n. a seaport in N France, at the mouth of the Seine. 200,411. Also called Havre.
Thesaurus
Noun1.Le Havre - a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the SeineFrance, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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Le Havre


Havre, Le

(lə ä`vrə), city (1990 pop. 195,932), Seine-Maritime dept., N France, in Normandy, at the mouth of the Seine River on the English Channel. It was founded in 1517 as Le Havre-de-Grâce by Francis I. Le Havre became a major seaport in the 19th cent. and is now the second-most-important port in France after Marseilles. It was a major port for transatlantic travel until the advent of widespread commercial air travel in the 1970s. Among the city's industries are oil refining and the manufacture of automobiles, cement, synthetic rubber, and fertilizers. During World War II the British bombed the city to prevent its use by the Germans for an invasion of England.

Le Havre

a port in N France, on the English Channel at the mouth of the River Seine: transatlantic trade; oil refining. Pop.: 190 905 (1999)

Le Havre


  • noun

Words related to Le Havre

noun a port city in northern France on the English Channel at the mouth of the Seine

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  • France
  • French Republic
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