Channel Islands
- a group of islands in the English Channel off the NW coast of France, of which the largest are Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; pop. 200,000 (est. 2007). Formerly part of the dukedom of Normandy, they have owed allegiance to England since the Norman Conquest in 1066, and are now classed as Crown dependencies.海峡群岛（位于英吉利海峡, 法国西北沿海, 其中最大的岛屿为泽西岛、根西岛和奥尔德尼岛, 2007年估计人口200,000; 旧时为诺曼底公爵的部分领地, 自1066年诺曼征服以来臣服于英国, 现被划为英国皇家属地）。