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'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.
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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
Which English location would the French call Douvres?
Douvres is the French name for the town port of Dover.
What French city is near Dover?
Calais is the French town closest to Dover, just across the Channel.
What strait divides Europe from Africa?
The Mediterranean Sea to the south separates Europe from Africa.The Mediterranean Sea
What do the Straits of Dover separate?
The Strait of Dover, in the English Channel, separates Britain from France.
What is the french name for the strait of dover?
Pas de Calais
French city that lies on the strait of dover?
Dunkirk
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.
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 do the French refer to as Douvres?
Douvres is the French name for the town of Dover on 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
What do the french call dover?
The English port of Dover is called Douvres in French
What is the french name for the channel between Calais and dover?
The English Channel is known as La Manche in French
