'Pas de Calais' is the proper French name for the Strait of Dover. The name is mostly used to designate the whole département (administrative area) in which Calais and Arras are sitting.
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The English call it the Strait of Dover because it is named after the town of Dover on the English side. The French call it Pas-de-Calais because it is named after the Calais region on the French side.
"Strait of Dover" is an English equivalent of the French name Pas-de-Calais.Specifically, the English and the French names designate an administrative department within modern France. The department is located in the northernmost part of the country. The English refer to the Dover Strait, which the department borders.The pronunciation is "pah duh kah-leh" in French.
strait of dover
The strait of Dover, on the south coast.
The French refer to the English town of Dover as "Douvres."
The shortest distance across the strait is from the South Foreland, 33.1 kilometers (20.6 miles) northeast of Dover in the county of Kent, England, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais, France.
The English Channel or more precisely the Strait of Dover in English and Le Pas de Calais in French
The Strait of Dover is next to both France and the United Kingdom. It separates the two countries across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
The strait that connects the English Channel to the North Sea is called the Strait of Dover. It is one of the busiest maritime routes in the world due to its strategic location.
France and the UK