Etymology

Pas-de-Calais

Today it means: A department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover. Full definition →

French Pas de Calais
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromPas de Calais“Strait of Dover”
  2. English todayPas-de-Calais

Unadapted borrowing from French Pas de Calais (“Strait of Dover”, literally “strait of Calais”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.