Pas de Calais

¹

[pahd^uh ka-le]

noun

1. French name of the Strait of Dover.

Pas-de-Calais

²

[pahd^uh-ka-le]

noun

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

Pas-de-Calais

/ 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)

Example Sentences

The Kuwati migrant, in his sixties, suffered a cardiac arrest on the boat that was carrying him and other migrants on Saturday, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture said in a statement.

From BBC

Pierre-Henri Dumont, MP for the Pas-de-Calais region, told the BBC: "Any attempt to cross the Channel in this way is very, very dangerous - but at this time of year, it is even more deadly."

From BBC

"Terrible shipwreck in Pas-de-Calais," Mr Darmanin wrote on X.

From BBC

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

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