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Channel
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channel
English
Etymology 1
From being a en channel.
Proper noun
the Channel
en Europe en @ellipsis of:English Channel strait cont/Europe separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
Derived terms
en English Channel Chunnel Channel Tunnel cross-Channel Channel Islands
Translations
English Channel
Etymology 2
+-Port aux Basques
Named after the en Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the en English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.
Proper noun
en former village/and/district town/Channel-Port aux Basques isl/Newfoundland p/Newfoundland and Labrador c/Canada.
Derived terms
en Channel, Newfoundland Channel-Port aux Basques
Translations
Channel, Newfoundland
French: fr Channel
Marathi: mr चॅनल
Polish: pl Channel n
Related terms
en the Channel channel
en France Seas Straits United Kingdom