Nord-Pas-de-Calais

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Nord-Pas-de-Calais

(French nɔrpɑdəkalɛ)
n
(Placename) a region of N France, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): coal-mining, textile, and metallurgical industries
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Nord-Pas-de-Ca•lais

(nɔr pɑdə kaˈlɛ)
n.
a metropolitan region in N France. 3,965,000; 4793 sq. mi. (12,414 sq. km).
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Noun1.Nord-Pas-de-Calais - a region in northeastern France
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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