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Definition: Strait Of Dover |
Strait Of DoverNoun1. The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Strait Of DoverSynonyms: Pas-de-Calais (n), Strait of Calais (n). (additional references) |
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The Strait of Dover (Fr pas de Calais) is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, just 33 kilometers wide between Dover and Calais, and is considered by some to be the busiest shipping lane in the world. The Channel Tunnel passes under it.
It is at the end of the English Channel where it reaches the North Sea. It separates northern France from southeast England; the closest cities on both sides are Calais and Dover respectively.
It is a busy waterway because all traffic between the Atlantic Ocean and the North and Baltic Seas must pass here, or make a treacherous and stormy detour to the north of Scotland.
In the past, the most common way for passengers and freight to cross the Strait was on ferries, but now the Channel Tunnel provides a convenient alternative.
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Crosswords: Strait Of Dover |
| English words defined with "Strait of Dover": Calais. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "Strait of Dover"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dovër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Nauw van Calais (Street of Dover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | Pas de Calais. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Strasse von Dover. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | calais-i szoros. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aitstray ofay overday па-де-кале. (various references) doverski moreuz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-i-o-o-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
-3 letters: overdrafts, traditores. | |
-4 letters: adroitest, deviators, distorter, draftiest, favorites, oratories, overdraft, retrofits, rotatores, toreadors, torridest. | |
-5 letters: adroiter, asteroid, avodires, avoiders, deviator, disfavor, drafters, draftier, drifters, favorers, favorite, footiest, footrest, foresaid, fritters, frostier, overfast, oversoft, overstir, overtart, redrafts, redroots, redstart, retrofit, ridottos, roadster, rootiest, rostrate, rotaries, rotative, rotators, rotifers, savorier, servitor, sororate, straiter, striated, tardiest. | |
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