English Channel

English Etymology From being a en channel separating en England English from the continent of Europe. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-English Channel.wav Southern England Proper noun English Channel 1 The arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the British Isles from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. en 24 September 2026 Maia Davies Anti-migrant activist arrested over video of dinghy slashing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6eq8e98wnr7o BBC News Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has been arrested over a video appearing to show him slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife. 24 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260924085605/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6eq8e98wnr7o Synonyms the Channel en British Sea archaic Translations The part of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and France Afrikaans: af Engelse Kanaal Albanian: sq Kanali i la Manshit Amharic: am የእንግሊዝ ወሽመጥ Arabic: ar بَحْر الْمَانْش m, ar الْمَانْش f Armenian: hy Լա Մանշ Azerbaijani: az La-Manş Basque: eu Mantxako kanala Belarusian: be Ла-Ма́нш m Bengali: bn ইংলিশ চ্যানেল Breton: br Mor Breizh m Bulgarian: bg Ла Ма́нш m Catalan: ca canal de la Mànega m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 英倫海峽 jing1 leon4 hoi2 haap6 Mandarin: cmn 英吉利海峽 Yīngjílì hǎixiá Cornish: kw Mor Bretannek Czech: cs Lamanšský průliv m Danish: da Engelske Kanal c Dutch: nl Kanaal n Esperanto: eo Manika Markolo Estonian: et La Manche Faroese: fo Ermarsund n Finnish: fi Englannin kanaali French: fr Manche f La Manche Frisian: North Frisian: frr Ingelsk Kanool West Frisian: fy Kanaal n Galician: gl Canal da Mancha m Georgian: ka ლა-მანში, ka ლა-მანშის სრუტე, ka ინგლისის არხი German: de Ärmelkanal m Greek: el Μάγχη f Gujarati: gu ઇંગ્લીશ ખાડી Hebrew: he תעלת למאנש f te'alá lamánsh Hindi: hi इंग्लिश चैनल m Hungarian: hu La Manche Icelandic: is Ermarsund n Indonesian: id Selat Inggris Irish: ga Muir nIocht f Italian: it La Manica f, it canale della Manica m Japanese: ja イギリス海峡 イギリスかいきょう, Igirisu kaikyō, ja 英仏海峡 えいふつかいきょう, Eifutsu kaikyō, ja ラ・マンシュ Ra-Manshu Kannada: kn ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಕಡಲ್ಗಾಲುವೆ Kazakh: kk Ла-Манш, kk Ағылшын каналы Khmer: km ច្រកសមុទ្រអង់គ្លេស crɑɑk saʼmot ʼɑngkleeh Korean: ko ^영국 해협(英國海峽), ko ^라 망슈 Kyrgyz: ky Ла-Манш Lao: lo ຊ່ອງແຄບອັງກິດ Latin: la Oceanus Britannicus m Latvian: lv Lamanšs m Lithuanian: lt Lamanšas m, lt Anglų kanalas m Macedonian: mk Лама́нш m Malay: ms Selat Inggeris Malayalam: ml ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് ചാനൽ Maltese: mt Kanal Ingliż Manx: gv Mooir yn Eeaght Marathi: mr इंग्लिश खाडी Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Ла-Маншийн хоолой Norman: nrf Ch'na m Lé Ch'na Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Den engelske kanal Nynorsk: nn den engelske kanalen Old English: ang Sūð-sǣ Pashto: ps مانش m mānš Persian: fa کانال مانش kânâl-e mânš, fa مانش mânš Polish: pl La Manche m-in Portuguese: pt Canal da Mancha m, pt Mancha f Punjabi: pa ਇੰਗਲਿਸ਼ ਚੈਨਲ Romanian: ro Canalul Mânecii m Russian: ru Ла-Ма́нш m, ru Англи́йский кана́л m Scottish Gaelic: gd Caolas Sassanach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ламанш m, sh Енглески канал m Latin: sh Lamanche m, sh Engleski kanal m Slovak: sk Lamanšský prieliv m Slovene: sl Rokavski preliv m Spanish: es canal de la Mancha m Swedish: sv Engelska kanalen c Tagalog: tl Bambang ng Inglatera Tajik: tg Ла-Манш Tamil: ta ஆங்கிலக் கால்வாய் Telugu: te ఇంగ్లీషు చానల్ Thai: th ช่องแคบอังกฤษ Turkish: tr Manş Denizi, tr Manş Turkmen: tk La-Manş Ukrainian: uk Ла-Ма́нш m Urdu: ur رودبار انگلستان f rude-er inglistan Uzbek: uz La-Mansh Vietnamese: vi eo biển Măng-sơ Welsh: cy Môr Udd m Yiddish: yi ענגלישער קאַנאַל m en France Seas Straits United Kingdom