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Channel en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

From being a channel.

Meanings

  1. (Europe, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of English Channel: a strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

Forms

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the Channel canonical lexicographic

Deriveds

Channel Tunnel (English Channel) · Chunnel (English Channel) · cross-Channel (English Channel) · Channel Islands (English Channel)

Channel en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Named after the Channel Islands, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the English Channel, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.

Meanings

  1. A former village and district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Deriveds

Channel-Port aux Basques (Channel, Newfoundland)

Relateds

the Channel · channel

Translations (3)

pl Channel (Channel, Newfoundland) · fr Channel (Channel, Newfoundland) · mr चॅनल (Channel, Newfoundland)