Calais is an industrial city and port in northwest France, on the English Channel. It is the French town closest to England, and for a long time the usual place for ferries to and from Dover. A lot of English speakers know the name only as the other end of that crossing: you leave Dover, you arrive in Calais, or you wait with the trucks that are going the other way.

CalaisCalais is an industrial city and port in northwest France是法國西北部的一個工業城市和港口, on the English Channel位在英吉利海峽邊. It它 is the French town closest to England是離英國最近的法國城鎮, and而 for a long time長久以來 the usual place for ferries to and from Dover也是往返多佛的渡輪常用的地方. A lot of English speakers know the name only as the other end of that crossing很多說英語的人認識這個名字只因為它是那趟渡海行程的另一端: you leave Dover你從多佛出發, you arrive in Calais抵達Calais, or or you wait with the trucks that are going the other way跟等著開往反方向的貨車一起排隊

It is a place-name, always capital C. English often says it a bit like “KAL-ay”; French says it more like “ka-LEH”.

It它 is a place-name是個地名, always capital CC永遠要大寫. English often says it a bit like "KAL-ay"英文常常念成有點像KAL-ay; French says it more like "ka-LEH"法文則比較像ka-LEH

The name comes from French Calais (Middle English Caleys, from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name Latin Caletum, after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area. That tribal name goes back to a Celtic word for “hard”.

The name comes from French Calais這個名字來自法文Calais (Middle English Caleys, from Anglo-Norman Caleis)（中古英文寫作Caleys，源自盎格魯-諾曼語Caleis）, from the Roman name Latin Caletum再往前來自羅馬名稱拉丁文Caletum, after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area源自當地一個高盧部落Caleti的名字. That tribal name那個部落名字 goes back to a Celtic word for "hard"可以追溯到凱爾特語裡一個表示「硬」的字