Chunnel. i.e., the CHannel tUNNEL.
an English term for the tunnel is 'the chunnel' (a new word coined from 'channel' and 'tunnel')
It wasn't named, that is just where and what it is. The Channel Tunnel runs under the English Channel. It is often just called "the Channel" for short, for example in the phrase "cross channel ferry". There have been proposals to build a tunnel under the Channel for more than 100 years. The proposed tunnel was always referred as "the Channel Tunnel" long before it was built. In French it is known as "Tunnel sous la manche", "La manche" is French for the channel.
The Chunnel is a name that was sometimes used for the Channel Tunnel before it was built. The Channel Tunnel an underwater railway tunnel that links the United Kingdom with France, it runs underneath the Strait of Dover. It is 50.45 Km long.
The Channel Tunnel is normally just called the Channel Tunnel. Road signs say "Channel Tunnel" on the English side, and "Tunnel sous la Manche" on the French side.
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The tunnel going under the English channel connects England and France.
Because the English end of the Channel Tunnel (which links England and France by rail) comes out in the English county of Kent.
This is known as the Channel Tunnel (or Chunnel), named for the English Channel. The Channel Tunnel is no longer referred to as the Chunnel, which was a media generated word when the tunnel first opened but not now.
The Channel Tunnel runs under the English Channel, from Folkestone in Kent to near Calais in Pas-de-Calais.