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English Channel
English Channel Fr. La Manche [the sleeve], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.350 (560 km) long, between France and Great Britain. It is 112 mi (180 km) wide at its west entrance, between Land's End, England, and Ushant, France. Its greatest width, c.150 mi (240 km) is between Lyme Bay and the Gulf of... Read more
Channel Islands
Channel Islands archipelago (2005 est. pop. 156,000), 75 sq mi (194 sq km), 10 mi (16 km) off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. The main islands are Jersey , Guernsey , Alderney , and Sark , and there are several smaller islands, including Herm, Jethou, and Lithou; all the ... Read more
Channel Tunnel
Channel Tunnel popularly called the "Chunnel," a three-tunnel railroad connection running under the English Channel, connecting Folkestone, England, and Calais, France. The tunnels are 31 mi (50 km) long. There are two rail tunnels, each 25 ft (7.6 m) in diameter, and a central tunnel, 16 ft (4... Read more
Somme
Somme , department (1990 pop. 548,300), N France, in Picardy, on the English Channel. Amiens is the capital. ... Read more
Teignmouth
Teignmouth , town (1991 pop. 12,500), Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Teign River on the English Channel. Teignmouth is a seaport and resort. The harbor, important in the Middle Ages, is used chiefly by yachtsmen and fishermen. ... Read more
Folkestone
Folkestone , town (1991 pop. 42,949), Kent, SE England. The town is a summer resort with an active port. The Leas promenade runs along the chalk cliffs overlooking the English Channel. Folkestone is one of the main passenger ports used by the English Channel ferry operators; Boulogne, France is 26 m... Read more
La Hogue
La Hogue , or La Hougue , cape on the northeast coast of the Cotentin peninsula, France, on the English Channel. Off the cape, during the War of the Grand Alliance, a French fleet under Tourville was defeated (1692) by the English and Dutch. The battle ended French naval supremacy in the war. ... Read more
Juan de la Cierva
Juan de la Cierva , 1895-1936, Spanish aeronautical engineer, inventor of a rotary-wing aircraft called an autogiro. He flew his first autogiro in 1923 and crossed the English Channel in an improved model in 1928. Bibliography: See his Wings of Tomorrow (1931). ... Read more
Eddystone
Eddystone , lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England. It is the fourth lighthouse on the site (the first was begun in 1696) built between 1878 and 1882 and designed by James Douglas. ... Read more
Exe
Exe , river, c.55 mi (90 km) long, rising in the Exmoor, Somerset, SW England, and flowing S across the Cornwall peninsula, past Exeter to the English Channel at Exmouth. Salmon and shellfish are taken from the river; many waterfowl are found along its narrow estuary. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "English Channel"

English Channel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition English Channel Fr. La Manche [the sleeve], arm of...wide. The Strait of Dover connects the Channel with the North Sea. Principal islands are the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands . The principal Channel ports...
Channels of Distribution
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed. CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION The word channel might bring to mind a waterway such as the English Channel, where ships...tunnel under the English Channel. Either image implies...point for understanding channels of distribution. The...
Channel Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Channel Islands archipelago (2005...Normandy, France, in the English Channel. The main islands...Alderney the stock is mainly English. In recent years many Britons...atmosphere. Both French and English are spoken; in addition...
Channel Tunnel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Channel Tunnel ( Chunnel ) Railway tunnel under the English Channel, 49km (30.6mi) long...Eurotunnel, a joint French-English private company, was granted...operate the tunnel. The French and English sections were linked in 1990...
CHANNEL ISLANDS, The
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language CHANNEL ISLANDS, The, French Les...of British islands in the English Channel, closer to France...territory, the remnant of the English Crown's French possessions...The island languages are ENGLISH (dialect and standard...
English
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...integrating institution). English poetry, literature, and art...greater population mobility, English distinctiveness is threatened...x2032; W (not including the Channel Islands). Geographically...averages 13. Demography. The English number 46,168,120 (1989...
KING'S ENGLISH, The
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language KING'S ENGLISH, The. A usage manual published in 1906...brothers lived on Guernsey, one of the CHANNEL ISLANDS ). More than any earlier usage...of solecisms. See DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE . Compare AMERICAN LANGUAGE .
Dutch Wars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...war and, secondarily, by the English Navigation Act of 1651, which...successfully waylaid Dutch ships in the English Channel. However, the victory of Tromp...with Denmark closed the Baltic to English trade. Meanwhile reforms were...
Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...in the North Sea and the English Channel and its approaches. A fourth...naval power in Europe. The English had lost much trade to Dutch...England in control of the Channel. Following this battle...The Dutch capture of the English
Spanish Armada
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...of Spain to force the English Channel, pick up the army of...again set sail. The English fleet, initially larger...fight his way back down Channel through the English fleet...chase, though a few English pinnaces continued to...

Dictionary entries related to "English Channel"

channel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...xA0; ( the Channel ) the English Channel. ∎...using such a band: a shopping channel. 3. a medium for communication...t apply through the proper channels. • v. ( -neled...end or object: advertisers channel money into radio. ∎...adj. ] ( channeled ) form ...
Channel Tunnel
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Channel Tunnel a railway tunnel under the English Channel, linking the coasts of England and France, opened in 1994 and 49 km (31 miles) long. The name considerably predates the actual tunnel, as the idea was discussed in the 19th century...
Allied Command Channel
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Allied Command Channel ACCHAN a NATO command with headquarters at Northwood in the United Kingdom. ACCHAN is always...responsible for the defense and control of merchant shipping in the area from the North Sea through the English Channel.
Channel Islands
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Channel Islands All that remains to the monarchy of its extensive possessions in...capital, St Helier, is on the south coast. The official languages are English and French, with some Norman‐French patois still in use. The...
Anglo-Dutch Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the Dutch carrying-trade was undermined by the English Navigation Acts of 1651, and the Dutch refused to salute the English flag in the English Channel. Maarten Tromp defeated BLAKE off Dungeness in...
Suzuki, D. T.
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...thought. He also founded the English journal Eastern Buddhist during...him. His influence in the English-speaking world which knew...unaffected. His fluency in English, his willingness to speak...traditions, made him a primary channel for the West to learn about...
Normandy Campaign
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2019;) were towed across the English Channel. One was sunk by a freak storm...the ocean) were laid across the Channel to supply the thousands of vehicles...Montgomery moved his British army up the English Channel. Paris was liberated by...
Lind, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...was aboard ships patrolling the English Channel during the War of Austrian Succession...August-October 1746) in the English Channel. It was on a somewhat...standard work on tropical medicine in English for half a century. Although Lind...
Swimming
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in endurance than speed, and viewed swimming the English Channel as the supreme test. While Europeans employed the...club, in 1926 she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. The nineteen-year-old's time of 14 hours and...
Godwin-Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...a pioneer in the elucidation of the history of the English Channel and among the first marine geologists. He was elected...Among them are “ On the Valley of the English Channel, ” in Quarterly Journal of the Geological...

Thesaurus entries related to "English Channel"

dastardly
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...sound association with its harsher rhyme, bastard . Although English usage authority H. W. Fowler insisted that dastard should...rise from TV dustdom to air three times a day on TNN, Cable Channel 37, beginning Monday.” ( Tulsa World ; Sept...
instrument
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...instrument of learning synonyms : agent, agency, cause, channel, medium, means, mechanism, vehicle, organ.  ...clarinet basset horn bassoon clarinet cor anglais didgeridoo English horn lute harmonica kazoo oboe ocarina panpipes pennywhistle...
course
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...direction, tack, path, line, lane, road, passage, channel, trail, trajectory, orbit, circuit, ambit.  ...period, term, span, spell, sweep.   5. taking an English course synonyms : course of study, set of lectures, curriculum...

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KyLinTV Launches English Channels with Sky Angel.
PR Newswire; 8/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...Company Expands Service to Offer New English Select Package PLAINVIEW, N.Y...announce the addition of mainstream English channels to its current Chinese program line-up. The English Channel Select Package is now available to...
letters to the editor: English channels at fault.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/4/2003; 314 words ; ...ITV1 Wales exist to provide Wales with an English language service. Ian Mallett (The Western...should direct his criticism at one of the three channels that were set up to provide Wales with English language broadcasts. They were the ones who...
ENGLISH CHANNEL AIMED AT HISPANICS SI TV PREDICATED ON CULTURE, NOT LANGUAGE.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/15/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the country through its mun2 channel. And Voy TV, an affiliate...LLC, could soon be another English-language Hispanic-themed...is room for up to two dozen channels that target English-speaking Hispanics in the...said. " We've started a channel in a category that never existed...
VDC.com to Launch Al Jazeera English Channel.
PR Newswire; 11/14/2006; 700+ words ; ...VDC.com and Al Jazeera English, a new channel from the award winning independent...line-up of live television channels including AccuWeather, Fashion...Television, NASA, The Pentagon Channel, Shop NBC, QVC, The Associated...other linear cable television channels. About Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ...
Suspend rivalry: One horse hurt; Better Talk Now to miss race vs. English Channel.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/11/2007; 700+ words ; ...face-off between Better Talk Now and English Channel is off. This was becoming to horse...that severe but Better Talk Now vs. English Channel was certainly becoming a serious...Talk Now, left, who is injured, and English Channel.
English news channels battle it out; Reuters and CNN have set the stage for a tussle through their ambitious news channels- Times Now and CNN-IBN. But analysts feel that an international media group backing does not guarantee success in the rough and tumble of Indian TV news world. Television Asia's Ritesh Gupta analyses the issue.
Magazine article from: Television Asia; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; English news channels in India are in for a new kind...t easy to differentiate news channels and they have to rely on being...adds, "With more than 15 news channels, if a particular news channel gets displaced, then it wont...
Board Member Swims English Channel To Help Raise Funds For LLS.(General News)
Magazine article from: Credit Union Journal; 9/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...Gandy swam across the English Channel to raise money for the...your quest to swim the English Channel and raise money...longer. The English Channel is the ultimate open...for this? Gandy: The English Channel is the Mecca...
Atherton teen tackles English Channel swim
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 7/11/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...training to swim across the English Channel later this summer...preparation for the English Channel -- including the Santa...qualified to take on the English Channel by swimming in open...Check on Nicholas' English Channel swim on his...
Teenager from Gujarat crosses English Channel in 12 hours.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 7/22/2006; 691 words ; Teenager from Gujarat crosses English Channel in 12 hours Ahmedabad, Jul 22...swimmer from Gujarat to cross the English Channel when he successfully managed...person from Gujarat to cross the English Channel," said Nanavati, also the international...
Transnational English TV channels under scanner
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/23/2007; 636 words ; ...spurt in non-British English language TV channels beaming into Britain...or so of Al Jazeera English, Press TV of Iran...the American Arabic channel Al-Hurra?" asked...whether Al-Jazeera English and other media decide...surveys to assess if these channels have any impact in ...