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Calais

[kal-ey, ka-ley, kal-is; Fr. ka-le]

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noun

a seaport in N France, on the Strait of Dover: the French port nearest England. 79,369.

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noun Classical Mythology.

the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.

Also, Kalais.

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Calais (ˈkæleɪ, French kalɛ)

—n
	a port in N France, on the Strait of Dover: the nearest French port to England; belonged to England 1347--1558. Pop: 77 333 (1999)

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Calais

city on the Fr. coast of the English Channel, from Gaulish Caleti, the name of a Celtic people who once lived along the shore there.

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