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PAS DE CALAIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pas de Calais mean? 

PAS DE CALAIS (noun)
  The noun PAS DE CALAIS has 1 sense:

1. the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continentplay

  Familiarity information: PAS DE CALAIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAS DE CALAIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Pas de Calais; Strait of Calais; Strait of Dover

Instance hypernyms:

sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)


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