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What is the French name of strait of Dover?
'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.
French city that lies on the strait of dover?
Dunkirk
Why do the English call the strait between great Britain and the mainland the strait of dover and the french call it 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.
What is the English translation of the French phrase 'Pas-de-Calais'?
"Strait of Dover" is an English equivalent of the French name Pas-de-Calais.Specifically, the English and the French names designate an administrative department within modern France. The department is located in the northernmost part of the country. The English refer to the Dover Strait, which the department borders.The pronunciation is "pah duh kah-leh" in French.
The English channel narrows into which strait?
strait of dover
What strait belongs to the UK?
The strait of Dover, on the south coast.
What do the French refer to as Douvres?
The French refer to the English town of Dover as "Douvres."
How many miles in the dover strait?
The shortest distance across the strait is from the South Foreland, 33.1 kilometers (20.6 miles) northeast of Dover in the county of Kent, England, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais, France.
Which channel do you have to cross to get from the UK to France?
The English Channel or more precisely the Strait of Dover in English and Le Pas de Calais in French
What country is strait of dover next to?
The Strait of Dover is next to both France and the United Kingdom. It separates the two countries across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
The strait of dover separates which two countries?
France and the UK
Small western European country with a coastline on the strait of dover borderd by Germany to the east and France to the south?
Dover
