HyperDic: pas_de_calais

English > 1 sense of the expression Pas de Calais:
NOUNobjectPas de Calais, Strait of Dover, Strait of Calaisthe strait between the English Channel and the North Sea
English > Pas de Calais: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningThe strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent.
SynonymsStrait of Dover, Strait of Calais
Instance ofstrait, soundA narrow channel of the sea joining two larger / larger bodies of water
SpanishPas-de-Calais
CatalanEstret de Calais, Pas de Calais

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