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Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais
See also: Pas de Calais
English
Proper noun
Pas-de-Calais
- A département of northern France, bordering the North Sea and Belgium
Derived terms
Translations
a département of northern France
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French
Etymology
From Pas de Calais 'the English Channel', itself from pas 'pass, strait' + de 'of' + Calais
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pas-de-Calais
- 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
- Pas-de-Calais (a department of France)