in geography, &c. a French term signifying the same with haven or harbour.

HAVRE de Grace, a sea-port town of France, on the English channel, in a large plain at the mouth of the river Seine, and the department of the Lower Seine. It is a small fortified town, nearly of a square figure, divided into two parts by the harbour, surrounded with a wall and other works, and defended by a very strong citadel. It is one of the most important places in France, on account of its foreign trade and convenient harbour; for which reason it was made a distinct government from the rest of Normandy. Its inhabitants amount to 21,000. It was surprised in 1562 by the Protestants, who delivered it to Queen Elizabeth; but it was lost next year. In 1694 it was bombarded by the English, and also in the year 1748. E. Long. o. 11. N. Lat. 49. 29.

HAVRE de Grace, a post town and port of entry in America, in the county of Harford, Maryland. It contains about 300 inhabitants, and lies about 65 miles south-west of Philadelphia. N. Lat. 39. 39.