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Strait of Dover

noun

The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent. Synonyms: Pas de Calais, Strait of Calais.

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... Dover and Calais is only twenty-one miles. Learn: A narrow passage of water joining two seas is called a strait. The word strait means "narrow." This strait is called the Strait of Dover. ...

— Highroads of Geography • Anonymous

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