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WHAT DOES STRAIT OF DOVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Strait of Dover

Strait of Dover

The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait or Straat van Dover is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and North Sea, separating Great Britain from continental Europe. The shortest distance across the strait is from the South Foreland, 6 kilometres northeast of Dover in the county of Kent, England, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais, France. Between these points lies the most popular route for cross-channel swimmers as the distance is reduced to 34 kilometres. On a clear day, it is possible to see the opposite coastline of England from France and vice versa, with the most famous and obvious sight being the white cliffs of Dover from the French coastline and shoreline buildings on both coastlines with the naked eye, as well as lights on either coastline at night, as in Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STRAIT OF DOVER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE STRAIT OF DOVER

all over
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Synonyms and antonyms of Strait of Dover in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Strait of Dover» into 25 languages

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

Translator English - Chinese

多佛海峡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Estrecho de Dover
570 millions of speakers

English

Strait of Dover
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डोवर जलसंयोगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضيق دوفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пролив Дувр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Estreito de Dover
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডোভার স্ট্রেইট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Détroit de Douvres
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Selat Dover
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Straße von Dover
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドーバー海峡
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도버 해협
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Selat Dover
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hải cảng chật hẹp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டோவர் ஸ்ட்ரீட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्ट्रॅट ऑफ डॉवर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dover Boğazı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Stretto di Dover
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Strait of Dover
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пролив Дувр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Stramtoarea Dover
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Στενά του Ντόβερ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Straat van Dover
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Dover
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Strait of Dover
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Strait of Dover

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIT OF DOVER»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STRAIT OF DOVER» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAIT OF DOVER»

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Engineering Geology of the Channel Tunnel
Raised beaches at Selsey, Brighton and Sandwich (5-7.5 m OD) Selsey organic channel fill Marine conditions. Strait of Dover open River terraces. Sangatte raised beach. Lys Formation with peat 6-8 130 'Wolstonian' Periglacial Discontinuous ...
Colin S. Harris, 1996
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... of Corfu (Albania and Greece) USE Corfu Channel (Albania and Greece) Strait of Dover USE Dover, Strait of Strait of Fuca (B.C. and Wash.) USE Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.) Strait of Georgia (B.C. and Wash.) USE Georgia, Strait ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
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The practice of engineering field work, applied to land, ...
peculiar to the channel, and quite distinct from that of the seas on cither side of it ; so that there may be said to be two distinct streams on each side of the Strait of Dover, — the stream of the Ocean or outer stream, and the stream of the Channel  ...
W. Davis Haskoll, 1858
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
water a rotatory motion, and scarcely admitting of any interval of slack water; Rotatory whilst in the space between these rotatory tides and the point of meeting of the ?r'§§§§'§;m,,e, tides in the Strait of Dover, the stream is free from all rotatory  ...
‎1851
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Port of Dover: Strait of Dover, Operation Stack, History of
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General Books LLC, 2010
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Straits of France: English Channel, Strait of Dover, ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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Utrata Fachwörterbuch: Geographie - ...
... Strait (Sulu Sea – Celebes Sea) Straße von Bonifacio f(Tyrrhenisches Meer– westliches Mittelmeer) Strait of Bonifacio (Tyrrhenian Sea – western Mediterranean Sea) Straße von Calais f(Nordsee – Ärmelkanal) Dover Strait ○ Strait of Dover ...
Jürgen Utrata, 2014
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English Channel: Strait of Dover, Eddystone Lighthouse, ...
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Books Llc, 2010
9
History of Dover: Churches in Dover, Napoleonic Defences of ...
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Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, Books Group, 2011
10
Naval Strategy and Operations in Narrow Seas
At the outset of war the Royal Navy instituted a blockade of the English Channel, the Strait of Dover and the northern Atlantic, through which passed the deployment routes of the German U-boats. Some 10,000 mines were laid in the St ...
Milan N. Vego, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAIT OF DOVER»

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Academic Pulls 66-1 Woodbine Oaks Upset
He also won the 2012 Queen's Plate aboard Strait of Dover. "The last few jumps I looked over and we had it wrapped up. Inside the 70-yard pole, I looked up ... «BloodHorse.com, Jun 15»
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Former Irish Sea Stena 'Nordica' to Make Debut for DFDS Seaways
... will be somewhat full-circle given that Stena Superfast X, the former Dieppe Seaways was also chartered from Stena to serve this same Strait of Dover route. «Afloat, Apr 15»
3
Russian warships enter English Channel 'to hold drills in northern …
RIA news agency quoted the Northern Fleet as saying that its vessels were in international waters after passing through the Strait of Dover and were ... «International Business Times UK, Apr 15»
4
US Admiral Warns Senate: Russia Is a Military Threat to North America
Russian media outlet RIA claimed the fleet “passed through the Strait of Dover” and entered “international waters in the Seine Bay to wait for a storm to pass. «Breitbart News, Mar 15»
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Russian warship spotted off coast of Britain by Royal Navy submarine
Using their Lynx helicopter and sensors, the crew of the Argyll watched as the Yaroslav Mudryy passed within 20 miles of the Kent coast in the Strait of Dover. «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Fishing boat missing in English Channel
Two lifeboats and a coastguard rescue helicopter are searching the English Channel for a fishing boat reported missing in the Strait of Dover. «BBC News, Jan 15»
7
Russian warships pass through Channel
The strait of Dover in the Channel, through which Russian warships have passed. ... “holding drills” in the strait of Dover on Friday, citing the fleet's press service. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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British Man Builds Gigantic Farting Butt, Lets 'Er Rip At France
... Thursday to see if he could produce a machine-made fart loud enough to be heard in France, which sits on the other side of the 21-mile-wide Strait of Dover. «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
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Death of a racehorse: Strait of Dover's handlers recall his final hours
That Sunday, July 14 would be Strait of Dover's last day on Earth became apparent to Catherine Martin over a spurned grape. It was an attempt to cheer up the ... «Globe and Mail, Jul 13»
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Queen's Plate winner Strait of Dover euthanized due to surgery …
Strait of Dover was trained by Dan Vella and ridden by Justin Stein. The Canyon Farms homebred won the $1-million Queen's Plate, Canada's most famous ... «Globe and Mail, Jul 13»

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