A strait is called 'un détroit' in French. Both nouns come from Old French estreit meaning 'narrow'.
it means keeping strait
Dunkirk
"Détroit" is the French word for "narrow" (adjective) or "strait" (noun).
Pas de Calais
The English call it the Strait of Dover because it is named after the town of Dover on the English side. The French call it Pas-de-Calais because it is named after the Calais region on the French side.
Detroit is a French word meaning strait, and the corresponding Latin word is Fretum (strait, sound, estuary, channel).
i think you mean what does foreaux strait divide?
détroit
'Pas de Calais' is the proper French name for the Strait of Dover. The name is mostly used to designate the whole département (administrative area) in which Calais and Arras are sitting.
It's a strait that separates the Malaysian state of Johor to the north from Singapore to the south.
The Mediterranean Sea to the south separates Europe from Africa.The Mediterranean Sea
It means the "STRAIT & NARROW PATH".