the 1914/1918 battle area stretching through France, from the shores of the English channel to Switzerland, was called the Western Front.
La Manche means "the sleeve" in French. It is called that because it looks similar to a sleeve, Wide in one side (between the cities of Brest, France and Plymouth, UK) and narrow at the opposite side ( between Calais, France and Dover, UK).
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The English Channel. The French call it La Manche (the sleeve)
The english channel is called 'la Manche' in French.
The English channel is called 'la Manche' in French.
The English Channel separates England and France. In French, it is called La Manche.
The English Channel. The French call it Le Manche.
The capital of Switzerland is Bern. The same spelling is used in both English and German.
Switzerland is a confederation of 26 semi-independent cantons. A canton is equivalent to what is called a state in English-speaking federal countries.
the body of water separating France from England is the English channel.
an English term for the tunnel is 'the chunnel' (a new word coined from 'channel' and 'tunnel')
It has different names, depending on which nationality is talking about it. To the English speaking world it is called the "English Channel". To the French it's "la Manche" because of it's shape - translated into English that means "the Sleeve".
The English Channel. It is also known from the French side as 'La Manche' (translated as the sleeve).The English Channel.The English Channel.
Switzerland is a confederation of 26 semi-independent cantons. A canton is equivalent to what is called a state in English-speaking federal countries.