Calais

¹ American  

[kuh-lay-is] / kəˈleɪ ɪs /

Or Kalais

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.

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Calais ² American  

[kal-ay, ka-lay, kal-is, ka-le] / ˈkæl eɪ, kæˈleɪ, ˈkæl ɪs, kaˈlɛ /

noun

1. a seaport in N France, on the Strait of Dover: the French port nearest England.

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Calais British  

/ kalɛ, ˈkæleɪ /

noun

1. a port in N France, on the Strait of Dover: the nearest French port to England; belonged to England 1347–1558. Pop: 77 333 (1999)

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Example Sentences

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Calais

On Thursday morning, a bomb alert at a Calais rail station delayed international and national train services in northern France.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Survivors disembarked a rescue boat at the French port of Calais in the mid-morning, some on stretchers and in wheelchairs, many wrapped in emergency blankets, an AFP correspondent said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

On November 24, 2021, a French fishing vessel reported several lifeless bodies floating in the Channel off Calais, close to British waters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

It is thought the people smugglers organising the crossings have been forced to go to much greater lengths to avoid detection following more robust policing in the Calais area.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Olympic team arrives in Berlin That night they sailed up the channel with the lights of Calais blazing brightly to the east.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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