Pas-de-Calais

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From French (see below), from Pas de Calais 'the English Channel', itself from pas 'pass, strait' + de 'of' + Calais.

Pas-de-Calais

1. A département in Hauts-de-France, northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover.

• Nord-Pas-de-Calais

From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) +‎ de (“of”) +‎ Calais.

• IPA^(key): /pa.d(ə).ka.lɛ/ ~ /pɑ.d(ə).ka.lɛ/

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Pas-de-Calais m

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

• Nord-Pas-de-Calais

• Pas de Calais
• Passo de Calais

Borrowed from French Pas-de-Calais.

Pas-de-Calais m

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