Meanings
- A strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)
Translations
Afrikaans Straat van Dover
- Straat van Doverstrait in the English Channel
Arabic مَضِيق دُوفَر
- مَضِيق دُوفَر (maḍīq dūfar)strait in the English Channel
Basque Calaisko itsasartea
- Calaisko itsasarteastrait in the English Channel
Bengali ডোভার প্রণালী
- ডোভার প্রণালী (ḍōbhar pronali)strait in the English Channel
Bulgarian Па дьо Кале, Доувърски проток
- Па дьо Калеstrait in the English Channel
- Доувърски проток (Douvărski protok)strait in the English Channel
Catalan estret de Calais
- estret de Calaisstrait in the English Channel
Chinese Mandarin 多佛爾海峽 /多佛尔海峡
- 多佛爾海峽 /多佛尔海峡 (Duōfú'ěr hǎixiá)strait in the English Channel
Czech Calaiská úžina, Doverská úžina
- Calaiská úžinastrait in the English Channel
- Doverská úžinastrait in the English Channel
Danish Doverstrædet
- Doverstrædetstrait in the English Channel
Dutch Kanaal, Nauw van Kales
- Kanaalstrait in the English Channel
- Nauw van Kalesstrait in the English Channel
Esperanto Dovro-kaleza Markolo
- Dovro-kaleza Markolostrait in the English Channel
Estonian Calais' vain
- Calais' vainstrait in the English Channel
Finnish Doverin salmi
- Doverin salmistrait in the English Channel
French Pas de Calais
- Pas de Calaisstrait in the English Channel
German Straße von Dover
- Straße von Doverstrait in the English Channel
Greek Στενό του Ντόβερ
- Στενό του Ντόβερ (Stenó tou Ntóver)strait in the English Channel
Hebrew מצר דובר
- מצר דובר (metsar dover)strait in the English Channel
Hindi डोवर जलसन्धि
- डोवर जलसन्धि (ḍovar jalsandhi)strait in the English Channel
Hungarian Doveri-szoros
- Doveri-szorosstrait in the English Channel
Icelandic Doversund
- Doversundstrait in the English Channel
Indonesian Selat Dover
- Selat Doverstrait in the English Channel
Irish Caolas Dover
- Caolas Doverstrait in the English Channel
Italian stretto di Dover
- stretto di Doverstrait in the English Channel
Japanese ドーバー海峡
- ドーバー海峡 (Dōbā kaikyō)strait in the English Channel
Korean 도버 해협
- 도버 해협 (dobeo haehyeop)strait in the English Channel
Latvian Padekalē, Duvras šaurums
- Padekalēstrait in the English Channel
- Duvras šaurumsstrait in the English Channel
Lithuanian Pa de Kalė, Doverio sąsiauris
- Pa de Kalėstrait in the English Channel
- Doverio sąsiaurisstrait in the English Channel
Malay Selat Dover
- Selat Doverstrait in the English Channel
Norwegian Bokmål Doverstredet
- Doverstredetstrait in the English Channel
Persian تنگه دوور
- تنگه دوور (tange-ye dovver)strait in the English Channel
Polish Cieśnina Kaletańska
- Cieśnina Kaletańskastrait in the English Channel
Portuguese Estreito de Dover
- Estreito de Doverstrait in the English Channel
Romanian Strâmtoarea Dover
- Strâmtoarea Doverstrait in the English Channel
Russian Па-де-Кале́
- Па-де-Кале́ (Pa-dɛ-Kalé)strait in the English Channel
Slovak Calaiská úžina, Doverská úžina
- Calaiská úžinastrait in the English Channel
- Doverská úžinastrait in the English Channel
- Calaiský prelivstrait in the English Channel
- Doverský prelivstrait in the English Channel
Spanish Paso de Calais, Paso de Calés
- Paso de Calaisstrait in the English Channel
- Paso de Calésstrait in the English Channel
- estrecho de Calaisstrait in the English Channel
Swedish Doverkanalen
- Doverkanalenstrait in the English Channel
Tagalog Kipot ng Calais
- Kipot ng Calaisstrait in the English Channel
Tamil டோவர் நீரிணை
- டோவர் நீரிணை (ṭōvar nīriṇai)strait in the English Channel
Thai ช่องแคบโดเวอร์
- ช่องแคบโดเวอร์ (chɔ̂ng-kɛ̂ɛp dooweɔɔr)strait in the English Channel
Turkish Dover boğazı
- Dover boğazıstrait in the English Channel
Ukrainian Па-де-Кале
- Па-де-Кале (Pa-de-Kale)strait in the English Channel
Vietnamese Eo biển Dover
- Eo biển Doverstrait in the English Channel
Welsh Culfor Dover
- Culfor Doverstrait in the English Channel
Cite this entry
Strait of Dover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strait%20of%20Dover
“Strait of Dover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strait%20of%20Dover. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Strait of Dover,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Strait%20of%20Dover.
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