English Channel

English

Etymology

From being a channel separating England (“English”) from the continent of Europe.

Proper noun

the English Channel

The arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the British Isles from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

Synonyms

the Channel
British Sea (archaic)

Translations

The part of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and France

Afrikaans: Engelse Kanaal
Albanian: Kanali i la Manshit
Amharic: የእንግሊዝ ወሽመጥ (yäʾnəgliz wäšmäṭ)
Arabic: بَحْر الْمَانْش m (baḥr al-mānš), الْمَانْش f (al-mānš)
Armenian: Լա Մանշ (hy) (La Manš)
Azerbaijani: La-Manş
Basque: Mantxako kanala
Belarusian: Ла-Ма́нш m (La-Mánš)
Bengali: ইংলিশ চ্যানেল (iṅliś cênel)
Breton: Mor Breizh (br) m
Bulgarian: Ла Ма́нш m (La Mánš)
Catalan: canal de la Mànega m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 英倫海峽／英伦海峡 (jing¹ leon⁴ hoi² haap⁶)

Mandarin: 英吉利海峽／英吉利海峡 (zh) (Yīngjílì hǎixiá)
Cornish: Mor Bretannek
Czech: Lamanšský průliv (cs) m
Danish: Engelske Kanal c
Dutch: Kanaal (nl) n
Esperanto: Manika Markolo
Estonian: La Manche
Faroese: Ermarsund n
Finnish: Englannin kanaali (fi)
French: La Manche (fr) f
Galician: Canal da Mancha m
Georgian: ლა-მანში (la-manši), ლა-მანშის სრუტე (la-manšis sruṭe), ინგლისის არხი (inglisis arxi)
German: Ärmelkanal (de) m
Greek: Μάγχη (el) f (Mánchi)
Gujarati: ઇંગ્લીશ ખાડી (iṅglīś khāḍī)
Hebrew: תעלת למאנש f (te'alá lamánsh)
Hindi: इंग्लिश चैनल m (iṅgliś cainal)
Hungarian: La Manche (hu)
Icelandic: Ermarsund (is) n
Indonesian: Selat Inggris
Irish: Muir nIocht f
Italian: La Manica f, canale della Manica m
Japanese: イギリス海峡 (イギリスかいきょう, Igirisu kaikyō), 英仏海峡 (えいふつかいきょう, Eifutsu kaikyō), ラ・マンシュ (Ra-Manshu)
Kannada: ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಕಡಲ್ಗಾಲುವೆ (iṅgliṣ kaḍalgāluve)
Kazakh: Ла-Манш (La-Manş), Ағылшын каналы (Ağylşyn kanaly)
Khmer: ច្រកសមុទ្រអង់គ្លេស (crɑɑk saʼmot ʼɑngkleeh)
Korean: 영국 해협(英國海峽) (Yeongguk haehyeop), 라 망슈 (Ra mangsyu)
Kyrgyz: Ла-Манш (La-Manş)
Lao: ຊ່ອງແຄບອັງກິດ (lo) (sǭng khǣp ʼang kit)
Latin: Oceanus Britannicus m
Latvian: Lamanšs m
Lithuanian: Lamanšas m, Anglų kanalas m
Macedonian: Лама́нш m (Lamánš)
Malay: Selat Inggeris
Malayalam: ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് ചാനൽ (iṅglīṣŭ cānal)
Maltese: Kanal Ingliż
Manx: Mooir yn Eeaght
Marathi: इंग्लिश खाडी (iṅgliś khāḍī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Ла-Маншийн хоолой (La-Manšiin xooloj)
Norman: Lé Ch'na m
North Frisian: Ingelsk Kanool
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Den engelske kanal

Nynorsk: den engelske kanalen
Old English: Sūþsǣ f
Pashto: مانش m (mānš)
Persian: کانال مانش (kânâl-e mânš), مانش (mânš)
Polish: La Manche (pl) m
Portuguese: Canal da Mancha (pt) m, Mancha f
Punjabi: ਇੰਗਲਿਸ਼ ਚੈਨਲ (iṅgaliś cainal)
Romanian: Canalul Mânecii m
Russian: Ла-Ма́нш (ru) m (La-Mánš), Англи́йский кана́л m (Anglíjskij kanál)
Scottish Gaelic: Caolas Sassanach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ламанш m, Енглески канал m

Roman: Lamanche m, Engleski kanal m
Slovak: Lamanšský prieliv m
Slovene: Rokavski preliv (sl) m
Spanish: canal de la Mancha m
Swedish: Engelska kanalen c
Tagalog: Bambang ng Inglatera
Tajik: Ла-Манш (La-Manš)
Tamil: ஆங்கிலக் கால்வாய் (āṅkilak kālvāy)
Telugu: ఇంగ్లీషు చానల్ (iṅglīṣu cānal)
Thai: ช่องแคบอังกฤษ (chɔ̂ng-kɛ̂ɛp-ang-grìt)
Turkish: Manş Denizi, Manş
Turkmen: La-Manş
Ukrainian: Ла-Ма́нш m (La-Mánš)
Urdu: رودبار انگلستان f (rude-er inglistan)
Uzbek: La-Mansh
Vietnamese: eo biển Măng-sơ
Welsh: Môr Udd m
West Frisian: Kanaal n
Yiddish: ענגלישער קאַנאַל m (englisher kanal)

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