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    Calais (UK: /ˈkæleɪ/ KAL-ay, US: /kæˈleɪ/ kal-AY, traditionally /ˈkælɪs/ KAL-iss, French: [kalɛ] ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which...
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    The Pas-de-Calais (French: [pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] , "strait of Calais"; Picard: Pas-Calés; also Dutch: Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named...
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    The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates...
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    Strait of Dover or Dover Strait (French: Pas de Calais French pronunciation: [pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] - Strait of Calais), is the strait at the narrowest part of the...
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    The Calais Jungle (known officially as Camp de la Lande) was a refugee and immigrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France that existed from January...
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    territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The new region came into existence...
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    Nord-Pas-de-Calais (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ); Picard: Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016...
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    The Pale of Calais was a territory in northern France ruled by the monarchs of England from 1347 to 1558. The area, which was taken following the Battle...
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    The Port of Calais in northern France is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic. It accounts for more than a third of...
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    Calais Malik Campbell (/kɑːˈleɪɪs/ kah-LAY-iss; born September 1, 1986) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football...
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  • Racing Club Calais is a football club based in Calais, France. It was founded in 2023 from a merger of Grand Calais Pascal FC and Calais FC Hauts-de-France...
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  • Calais is a service created by Thomson Reuters that automatically extracts semantic information from web pages in a format that can be used on the semantic...
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    Calais /ˈkælɪs/ is a city in Washington County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,079, making Calais the third least-populous...
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    as the "Calais", after the French port city of Calais that overlooks the narrowest point in the English Channel. In Greek mythology, Calais was one of...
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    Migrants have gathered in and around Calais, on the northern French coast, since at least the late 1990s seeking to enter the United Kingdom from the French...
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    the city of Calais, France. Renamed the Cutlass Calais for 1988, and briefly available in 1987 as the limited edition GMO Quad 4, the Calais shared the...
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  • up Calais in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calais is a city in France. The name can also refer to: Calais, Maine, United States, a city Calais, Vermont...
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  • "Dover–Calais" is a ballad song written by Tommy Ekman and Christer Sandelin, and originally performed by Style on 22 March 1986 at Melodifestivalen where...
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  • it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach, by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings...
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    The Citadel of Calais is a fortress that was initially constructed in the 16th century on the ruins of a medieval castle dating from the 13th century and...
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    The siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne...
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  • Dover–Calais ferry may refer to any of several ferry routes across the English Channel between Dover and Calais: Current operators Dover–Calais ferry...
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  • Calais Racing Union FC (Calais RUFC) was a French football club based in Calais, France. Calais RUFC was founded in 1974 after a merger of two local clubs...
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    albidus Fleutiaux Calais allardi Girard, 2007 Calais amieti Girard, 1967 Calais angustus (Schwarz, 1899) Calais antinorii (Candèze, 1889) Calais atropos Gerstaeker...
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    The French siege of Calais in early 1558 was part of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between France and England and their respective allies. It resulted in...
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    Calais /ˈkælɪs/ is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,661 at the 2020 census. Calais is homophonous with callous...
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    The siege of Calais (4 September 1346 – 3 August 1347) occurred at the conclusion of the Crécy campaign, when an English army under the command of King...
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    Boreads (redirect from Calais and Zetes)
    Greek: Ζήτης) and Calaïs (Ancient Greek: Κάλαϊς). Their place of origin was Thrace, home of their father Boreas (North wind). Zetes and Calais were credited...
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    Soldatensender Calais (G.9) (German: [zɔlˈdaːtn̩ˌzɛndɐ kaˈlɛː], Soldiers' Radio Calais) was a British black propaganda broadcaster during the Second World...
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    decision, the French crew struck in Calais on 29 June 2015 and later occupied the two passenger vessels in Calais and started to vandalise the vessels...
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