Havre: nm (word from Middle Dutch havene).
The word “haven” has several meanings:
1. Aged or regional meaning: Small natural or artificial port, well sheltered, generally at the mouth of a river.
Le Havre-de-Grâce, old name of the port of Le Havre.
2. Figurative and literary meaning: shelter, port, refuge.
A haven of peace; a haven for the mind.
Quote from the French writer Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808-1889): "This city where he had come to seek the haven of grace...
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