Pas-de-Calais

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French Pas de Calais (“Strait of Dover”, literally “strait of Calais”). === Proper noun === Pas-de-Calais A department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover. ==== Derived terms ==== Nord-Pas-de-Calais ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) +‎ de (“of”) +‎ Calais. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.d(ə).ka.lɛ/ ~ /pɑ.d(ə).ka.lɛ/ === Proper noun === Pas-de-Calais m Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover) ==== Derived terms ==== Nord-Pas-de-Calais == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Pas de Calais Passo de Calais === Etymology === Borrowed from French Pas-de-Calais. === Proper noun === Pas-de-Calais m Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover)