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Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais

See also: Pas de Calais

English

Proper noun

Pas-de-Calais

  1. A département of northern France, bordering the North Sea and Belgium

Derived terms

Translations


French

Etymology

From Pas de Calais 'the English Channel', itself from pas 'pass, strait' + de 'of' + Calais

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pas-de-Calais

  1. A département of northern France, bordering the North Sea and Belgium

Derived terms


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from French Pas-de-Calais.

Proper noun

Pas-de-Calais m

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