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Channel Tunnel
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English
thumb|A Eurostar emerging from the Channel Tunnel at Coquelles, France
Etymology
From en Channel English Channel tunnel.
Proper noun
Channel Tunnel 1
en rail The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.
en Chunnel informal Eurotunnel
en 1960 March The Channel Tunnel Scheme Railway Magazine 148 Prospects for the construction of a Channel tunnel now appear to be brighter than they have been for some time.
Translations
man-made tunnel
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 英法海底隧道 Yīng-Fǎ hǎidǐ suìdào
Danish: da Eurotunnelen
Dutch: nl Kanaaltunnel m
Estonian: et Eurotunnel
Finnish: fi Kanaalin tunneli
French: fr le tunnel sous la Manche m
German: de Eurotunnel m
Hungarian: hu Csatorna-alagút, 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
Japanese: ja 英仏海峡トンネル Ei-Futsu Kaikyō Tonneru
Khmer: km ផ្លូវរូងដីក្រោមសមុទ្រ pləv ruuŋ dəy kraom sa’mot
Norwegian: no Kanaltunnelen
Polish: pl Eurotunel m-in
Portuguese: pt Eurotúnel m
Russian: ru Евротонне́ль m Jevrotonnɛ́lʹ, ru Евротунне́ль m Jevrotunnɛ́lʹ
Spanish: es Eurotúnel m
Swedish: sv Kanaltunneln
Welsh: cy Twnel y Sianel m
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