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STRAIT OF CALAIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
Synonyms:
Pas de Calais; Strait of Calais; Strait of Dover
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
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