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Definition of Strait of calais
1. Noun. The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strait Of Calais
Literary usage of Strait of calais
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Essays by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"The county of Guines, now forming part of the French department of the Strait of
Calais, lies at that point of the coast of northern Gaul where the ..."
2. Historical Essays by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"The county of Guines, now forming part of the French department of the Strait of
Calais, lies at that point of the coast of northern Gaul where the ..."
3. Geographical Compilation for the Use of Schools: Being an Accurate by Denis Louis Cottineau de Kloguen (1806)
"... the Strait of Calais, which separates France from England; that of Gibraltar,
which joins the Mediterranean Sea to the Ocean ; that of Messina, ..."
4. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1845)
"He formed the plan of crossing the Strait of Calais with an army, and putting an end
... But there was only the Strait of Calais to cross, that is to say, ..."
5. History of the consulate and the empire of france under napoleon by Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell, Henry William Herbert (1893)
"This is the fit place for describing in detail the immense armament contrived
for carrying 150000 men across the Strait of Calais, with the number of horses ..."
6. A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer: Containing Topographical, Statistical by Thomas Baldwin (1846)
"PAS-DE-CALAIS, piv d' ka4-la', or the " Strait of Calais," a dep. near the N.
extremity of France, bordering on the Strait of Dover. Pop. 664,6.54. ..."
7. Handbook of War Facts and Peace Problems by Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, Albert Bushnell Hart, National Security League (1919)
"... but sooner or later to extend our seaboard to the south of the Strait of
Calais (ie the English Channel.)— (Authoritative statement by Count Reventlow, ..."
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