Chunnel

English Etymology en Channel the English Channel tunnel; the term had been coined by 1960 (see quotation). Pronunciation en /ˈt͡ʃʌnəl/ en ʌnəl 2 Proper noun 1 1 en rail informal The Channel Tunnel. en 1960 March Talking of Trains: London-Paris in four hours Trains Illustrated 134 Sir Brian Robertson, Chairman of the B.T.C., told a London audience in January that he would not be surprised if a Channel tunnel for rail traffic, equipped with special wagons to carry road vehicles, were recommended by the study group which has been re-assessing the feasibility of the "Chunnel". This was prophetic, it actually happened 1970 144 30 Rumors, carefully and cleverly circulated by Mascodagama’s friends, diverted speculations toward his being a mysterious visitor from beyond the Golden Curtain, particularly since at least half-a-dozen members of a large Good-will Circus Company that had come from Tartary just then had already defected between France and England, somewhere in the newly constructed ‘Chunnel.’ 79 She knows a café here, a French place. Remembering breakfast there with Damien. Here it is: faux-French with real French waiting tables. Chunnel kids, guest workers. Translations Channel Tunnel Channel Tunnel French: fr le tunnel sous la Manche m Hungarian: hu Csalagút Italian: it tunnel sotto la Manica m, it tunnel della Manica m, it galleria sotto la Manica f, it galleria della Manica f Polish: pl Eurotunel m-in en Nicknames for places