How do you pronounce calais

In Maine, it’s “Car-mel,” accent on the first syllable. Maine’s largest city is Portland. Anyone who pronounces it as “Port Land” must be from away. North and east from Portland, the name becomes “Port-lund” or “Port-lun,” depending on whether or not the speaker drops the letter D.

Named after the French port city of the same name, it is pronounced similar to palace, not chalet.