Definitions for Calais

Calais Ca·la·is

Spelling: [kuh-ley-is]
IPA: /kəˈleɪ ɪs/

Calais is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in Calais (aacils).

Definitions for Calais

noun

  1. the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
  2. a seaport in N France, on the Strait of Dover: the French port nearest England.

Examples for Calais

I am told that at Calais they made dints in the wall that a man might put his head into.

The false intelligence led the Germans to believe that the main force would land on the Pas de Calais rather than in Normandy.

Times have changed, and now I enter Calais self-reliant and rational.

The forces in Calais would have moved to Normandy and could well have thrown the Allies back into the sea.

We took the train for Calais and crossed the Channel to Dover.

The fog-horn was silent: the Empress moved alongside the jetties of Calais.

It is at about this period that my detestation of Calais knows no bounds.

The flooding of the Yser marks the end of the main struggle for Calais.

On landing at Calais, Mrs. Robinson hesitated whether to proceed.

The day after our arrival the regiment was put on the march for Calais.

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