Calais

[ US /kəˈɫeɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
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How To Use Calais In A Sentence

  • The result has been, that while the Castalia was a failure, the Calais-Douvre has proved a distinct success. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
  • We specialise in cheap flights to Calais hoverport and other destinations in Europe.
  • Calais arose over jurisdiction, but returned before his death from an intestinal disease.
  • We fell asleep on the train and woke up to find ourselves in Calais.
  • He was waved through two checkpoints as he headed from Dover to Calais and breezed through two more on the return trip. The Sun
  • He was waved through two checkpoints as he headed from Dover to Calais and breezed through two more on the return trip. The Sun
  • The French motorail service, from Calais to the south of France, will not be running this year. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
  • One of French labor's friends in power, Georges Clemenceau, as described by Friedman, in 1906 sent troops to the Nord and the Pas de Calais to break a coal miner's strike and repress riotous behavior by the strikers.
  • At last there's more to Calais than sozzled British daytrippers lugging around crates of cheap plonk.
  • An alternative is Dutch motorail to Avignon and, new this summer, Fréjus, from s-Hertogenbosch, around three hours 'drive from Calais, less from Dunkirk and Belgian/Dutch ports: book through www. seat61.com offers plenty of detailed advice on train travel to and within France. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
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