Pas de Calais
noun
French name of the Strait of Dover.
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Pas-de-Calaisnouna department in N France. 2,607 sq. mi. (6,750 sq. km). Arras.
Pas de Calais
1 American
[pahduh ka-le]
/ pɑdə kaˈlɛ /
noun
Pas-de-Calais
2
American
[pahduh-ka -le]
/ pɑdə kaˈlɛ /
noun
Pas-de-Calais
British
/ pɑdkalɛ /
noun
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He misled the Germans about the time and location of the invasion and helped convince his German handlers that Pas de Calais was the target of the main attack.
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
The Calais region – Nord Pas de Calais – has one of the highest unemployment rates in France: 13% compared with 10% nationwide.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2015
Two Departments appointed Thomas Paine their Deputy, those of Oise and of Pas de Calais, of which he accepted the latter.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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
The electoral assembly of the department of Pas-de-Calais elected him one of its representatives to the Convention, and commissioned me to go to London, inform him of his election, and bring him to France.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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