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I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.
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Meaning of "English Channel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH CHANNEL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGLISH CHANNEL

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English Channel is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ENGLISH CHANNEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

English Channel

English Channel

The English Channel, often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 560 km long and varies in width from 240 km at its widest to 33.1 km in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some 75,000 km2.

Definition of English Channel in the English dictionary

The definition of English Channel in the dictionary is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between S England and N France, linked with the North Sea by the Strait of Dover. Length: about 560 km. Width: between 32 km and 161 km French name: La Manche.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENGLISH CHANNEL

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English as a Foreign Language
English as a Second Language
English bond
English breakfast
English Canadian
English elm
English flute
English for Special Purposes
English Heritage
English horn
English Language Teaching
English muffin
English oak
English self
English setter
English sonnet
English sparrow
English speaker
English springer spaniel

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENGLISH CHANNEL

backchannel
Bristol Channel
cannel
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co-channel
cotton flannel
cross-Channel
distribution channel
drainage channel
flannel
green channel
interchannel
Mozambique Channel
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North Channel
pay-cable channel
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red channel
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shopping channel
the Channel

Synonyms and antonyms of English Channel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «English Channel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH CHANNEL

Find out the translation of English Channel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of English Channel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «English Channel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英吉利海峡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Inglés Channel
570 millions of speakers

English

English Channel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इंग्लिश चैनल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القناة الانجليزية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Английский канал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Canal Inglês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইংলিশ চ্যানেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Manche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saluran Bahasa Inggeris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Englisch -Kanal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イギリス海峡
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영어 채널
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inggris Channel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kênh đào Anh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆங்கில சேனல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंग्लिश चॅनेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ingiliz kanalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Manica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

English Channel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

англійська Канал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

engleză Canalul
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Μάγχη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Engelse Kanaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Engelska kanalen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

engelske kanal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of English Channel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGLISH CHANNEL»

The term «English Channel» is regularly used and occupies the 56.253 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGLISH CHANNEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «English Channel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «English Channel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about English Channel

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3 QUOTES WITH «ENGLISH CHANNEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word English Channel.
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Felix Baumgartner
I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.
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Gwen Moore
I know all about you. You're the people waiting on the shoreline with the warm towels and the hot chocolate after the woman swims the English Channel.
3
Diana Nyad
For previous generations, swimming the English Channel was the feat to accomplish. And that's been done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGLISH CHANNEL»

Discover the use of English Channel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to English Channel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the ...
Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.
Glenn Stout, 2009
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The English Channel
Tracing the changes--geological, archaeological, historical, and political--in the English Channel over the centuries since the fall of the Roman Empire, this unique sea biography explores a body of water rich in natural and historical ...
Nigel Calder, 1986
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Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel
The first American woman to have received a pilot's license, Harriet Quimby, describes her April 1912 solo flight across the English Channel, the first such flight by any woman.
Marissa Moss, 2001
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E-Boat Vs MTB: The English Channel 1941-45
This book details this developing conflict, examining the evolution of the boats involved, and covering the their battles from fights in the Thames estuary to the build-up for D-Day.
Gordon Williamson, 2011
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Pub. 191Sailing Directions (Enroute) English Channel 2006 ...
Plan. — This sector first describes the approaches and passage through the English Channel to Dover Strait. It then describes the Scilly Isles and the SW coast of England from Land's End to Start Point. The descriptive sequence is from W toE.
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Sailing Directions for the English Channel: Including a ...
Including a General Description of the South Coasts of England and Ireland, and a Detailed Account of the Channel Islands Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept, Martin White. SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, Chapter I.
Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept, Martin White, 1835
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Sailing Directions for the English Channel: South coast of ...
CHAPTER I. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOE THE ENTRANCE AND NAVIGATION OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. On approaching the entrance of the English Channel every effort should be made to ascertain the ship's true position, and when ...
United States. Hydrographic Office, 1872
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Sailing directions for the English Channel and coast of ...
John Walker (geographer to the East India company.), Alexander Walker (of Liverpool.) SECTION VIII. PLYMOUTH TO THE LAND'S END AND SCILLY ISLANDS, INCLUSIVE Page iJooe, Fowey 104 Falmouth 105 The Lizard 109 Mount's Bay ...
John Walker (geographer to the East India company.), Alexander Walker (of Liverpool.), 1858
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Popular Science
Workers, brightly clothed for visibility in heavy dust, file to work some 300 feet beneath the English Channel. Above, one of the tunnel-boring machines used for the Channel is assembled. The huge cutter head, rotating at up to 4.5 rpm, grinds  ...
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Remarks on the English Channel Ports of Portsmouth and ...
Sir William Fanshawe MARTIN. Moorings for month Harbour. Portsceeding in size any yet completed; and secondly, if the assumption prove correct, the intended inference that additional depth to the channel would be useless, is not true.
Sir William Fanshawe MARTIN, 1865

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENGLISH CHANNEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term English Channel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Using a KTM to Power a Boat Across the English Channel Goes Up …
Francis, Patrick and Tim are three adventure riders who want to extend the capabilities of a motorcycle to the point where it can cross large ... «autoevolution, Jul 15»
2
Colors rolls out content plan for English channel
Colors rolls out content plan for English channel. by Raj Baddhan. 8th July 2015 10:22. @RajBaddhan · raj@bizasialive.com. Colors Inifinity. Moving towards a ... «BizAsia, Jul 15»
3
Swimming the English Channel
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Battling Autism, substance abuse and learning disabilities, students from a special San Diego swim team have returned ... «CBS 8 San Diego, Jul 15»
4
Bermudians Swim English Channel For Charity
On July 4, a four-person relay team that included Bermuda's Jeff Conyers and John Tomlinson swam across the English Channel in order to ... «Bernews, Jul 15»
5
Migrant Found Dead in Channel Tunnel, Says French Police
PARIS—A migrant was found dead Tuesday morning in the tunnel under the English Channel, the second fatality in less than two weeks in the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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60-Year-Old East Granby Man To Swim English Channel At The End …
EAST GRANBY — An East Granby man is on a mission to swim the English Channel solo at the end of the month. Douglas Comstock, 60, will ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
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Man dies after being spotted face down in the English Channel
Lifeguards spotted the man in his 50s face down in the sea before his body was dragged to the bed of the ocean. RNLI volunteers and ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Special needs students swim relay across the English Channel - w …
The students, who are mostly battling either ADHD, autism, or eating disorders, successfully swam relay across the English Channel— a no ... «Autism Daily Newscast, Jul 15»
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Electric aircraft prepares to make landmark English Channel flight
Electric aircraft prepares to make landmark English Channel flight ... who became the first to fly across the English Channel in July 1909. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Met officers join forces with young people to row across English
A team of Met police officers and young people has joined forces in an attempt to row the English Channel to raise cash for crime-fighting ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. English Channel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/english-channel>. Apr 2024 ».
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