proper noun/pa.d(ə).ka.lɛ/
Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover)
Related: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) + de (“of”) + Calais.
/pa.d(ə).ka.lɛ/
Pas-de-Calais (a department of Hauts-de-France in northern France, bordering the Strait of Dover)
Related: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
From Pas de Calais (“Dover Strait”), itself from pas (“pass, strait”) + de (“of”) + Calais.