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Calais
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A port city in northern France, on the English Channel, close to England.
"Ferries cross the Channel between Dover and Calais."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA French port town known as the closest crossing point to England.
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Etymology
From French Calais, tracing back to a Gaulish tribal name recorded in Latin as Caletum.