Calais

Meaning

1. A city in Washington County, Maine, United States.
2. A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Etymology / origin

From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.

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