Pas-de-Calais
See also: Pas de Calais
English edit
Etymology edit
From French (see below), from Pas de Calais 'the English Channel', itself from pas 'pass, strait' + de 'of' + Calais.
Proper noun edit
- A département in Hauts-de-France, northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover.
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Translations edit
a département of northern France
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) + de (“of”) + Calais.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)
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Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Pas-de-Calais.
Proper noun edit
Pas-de-Calais m
- Pas-de-Calais (a department of France)