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Pas de Calais   /pɑz di kəlˈeɪ/   Listen
Pas de Calais

noun
1.
The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent.  Synonyms: Strait of Calais, Strait of Dover.






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"Pas de Calais" Quotes from Famous Books



... great deal from the tests and didnt for a minute expect to drive the Grass back at this point doesnt counter the fact that her latest spray hadnt the slightest effect on the green mass which has now replaced the sandy beaches of the Pas de Calais. At great personal inconvenience I accompanied her on her fruitless mission and I didnt find her excuses, even when clothed in scientific verbiage, adequate compensation for the ...
— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore

... suppose that from October 1914 up to the end of the war, the German right flank had been established at Dieppe, instead of at Nieuport. The enemy would have been in occupation of the whole of the Department of the Pas de Calais, including the seaports of Dieppe, ...
— 1914 • John French, Viscount of Ypres



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