Pas-de-Calais
See also: Pas de Calais
English
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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.
Derived terms
[edit]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)
Derived terms
[edit]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)
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- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Places in Hauts-de-France
- en:Places in France
- en:Departments of France
- French compound terms
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French multiword terms
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Departments of France
- fr:Places in Hauts-de-France
- fr:Places in France
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese multiword terms
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Departments of France
- pt:Places in France