Calais
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- proper noun
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Calais
- The Chronicles documented the events of this day, recounting the desperate state of the starving citizens of Calais.
- the burghers of Calais
I was north of Calais, probably Dunkirk way, right?
- I was north of Calais, probably Dunkirk way, right?
- Got down to Dover, crossed on a ferry, got to Calais.
- When you're fleeing war, you're going to stick together like they do in the camps at Calais.
- It would be so simple to stop them or if they catching them and just return them to Calais.
- The French put up a border post with processing of visas in Calais so that they need not take those boats risking their lives.
- The first was to zoom in on particular flashpoints in Europe, on the Greek islands, for instance, or on the Hungarian border, or at the camps at Calais.
- And so Calais is nowhere near my first business.
- And I was, I was in Calais at the, at the point that the first lab got hit.
- Got through with Calais eventually me out with a friend in France by the Arctic triumph.
Examples
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Many travelers choose to go by ferry from Dover to Calais for a quick trip to France.
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The Arabella docks this Thursday, and I must be at Calais to meet her.
Fiction book (1992) -
And when I was two miles from Calais, it started to rain.
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When we get to Calais, we'll cross over to England.
Fiction book (1990) -
This road leads to Calais.
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I have taken a passage for Calais on Thursday next.
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You came to Calais to stop a spy from sailing to England.
Fiction book (1993) -
Will all passengers recently arrived from Calais kindly proceed to Customs and immigration Control.
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You will be met at Calais... and then escorted to Dover, and then by rail to London Victoria.
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After a long journey, we finally arrived in Calais, eager to explore the historic port town.
Compounds
A former region in northeastern France on the border with Belgium, with industry and a coastline
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calais likely comes from an old local place name tied to the sea. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Calais as a 'port' and the main 'ferry' point to England, which explains its long history as a place for travel and trade.