the Channel

== English == === Etymology 1 === From being a channel. ==== Proper noun ==== the Channel (Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel: a strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Named after the Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe. ==== Proper noun ==== Channel A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Related terms ===