Calais
/ˈkæleɪ/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- 2 A city in Maine.
Example
More examples"We took the cross-channel ferry from Dover to Calais."
Etymology
From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.