1. the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent; [syn: Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, Pas de Calais]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pas de Calais
n 1: the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea;
shortest distance between England and the European
continent [syn: Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, Pas
de Calais]