Pas-de-Calais

See also: Pas de Calais

English

Etymology

From French (see below), from Pas de Calais 'the English Channel', itself from pas 'pass, strait' + de 'of' + Calais.

Proper noun

Pas-de-Calais

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

Derived terms

• Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Translations

a département of northern France

• French: Pas-de-Calais (fr) m, Pas de Calais m
• Marathi: पा-ड-काले (pā-ḍa-kāle)
• Portuguese: Pas-de-Calais m, Pas de Calais m, Passo de Calais m
• West Frisian: Nau fan Kalês

French

Etymology

From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) +‎ de (“of”) +‎ Calais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.d(ə).ka.lɛ/, /pɑ.d(ə).ka.lɛ/

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Proper noun

Pas-de-Calais m

1. Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France, France)

Derived terms

• Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pas de Calais
• Passo de Calais

Etymology

Borrowed from French Pas-de-Calais.

Proper noun

Pas-de-Calais m

1. Pas-de-Calais (a department of France)