english channel

Noun
  1. domain member region: battle of the spanish armada - in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
    is an instance of: channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
    has:
    • channel island - any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France
    • solent - a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
    • isle of wight, wight - an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
    is a part of: atlantic, atlantic ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

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