Associations to the word «Calais»

Wiktionary

CALAIS, proper noun. A town in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.

Dictionary definition

CALAIS, noun. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats