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  Pas de Calais

  noun

  French name of the Strait of Dover.
• Pas-de-Calais
  Pas-de-Calais

  noun

  a department in N France. 2,607 sq. mi. (6,750 sq. km). Arras.

Pas de Calais

¹ American  

[pahd^uh ka-le] / pɑdə kaˈlɛ /

noun

1. French name of the Strait of Dover.

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Pas-de-Calais ² American  

[pahd^uh-ka-le] / pɑdə kaˈlɛ /

noun

1. a department in N France. 2,607 sq. mi. (6,750 sq. km). Arras.

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Pas-de-Calais British  

/ pɑdkalɛ /

noun

1. a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais ): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)

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Another important facet of Quicksilver was the bombing effort around the Pas de Calais region immediately before D-Day.

From Fox News ● Jun. 5, 2019

His greatest success was persuading German commanders that the Allied invasion would come in France’s Pas de Calais region, far north of the real Normandy landing beaches.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2018

Francis was buried in Pernes British Cemetery in Pas de Calais, and has a headstone in St Peter's in Endensor, Derbyshire.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2016

It was nearly 75 miles from England but was much less defended than Pas de Calais.

From Inc ● Jan. 19, 2012

The enemy would have been in occupation of the whole of the Department of the Pas de Calais, including the seaports of Dieppe, Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk.

From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres

Three deaths in northern France's Pas-de-Calais region were "likely" caused by the heatwave, the local authorities said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

A number of injuries have also been reported following the incident, which took place on Tuesday morning between Béthune and Lens in the north-western Pas-de-Calais region.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

Jacques Billant, the prefect for the Pas-de-Calais area, told reporters in Wimereux that several people had fallen out of the boat.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

The prefecture of the northern Pas-de-Calais region said the decision was made to evacuate the high school in Arras after police received a bomb threat via its website.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

Bapaume, a French town in the department of Pas-de-Calais.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various