English Explanatory Dictionary

Pas-de-Calais

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover.

Word forms

Pas-de-Calais

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Pas de Calais (“Strait of Dover”, literally “strait of Calais”).

Derived words

Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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