Dunkirk

//ˈdʌŋkɜː(ɹ)k// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  2. 2
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Downham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5186).
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Lea-by-Backford parish and Capenhurst parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3872).
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7886).
  5. 5
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0759).
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  1. 6
    A place in England:; A settlement in Aylsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2027).
  2. 7
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Wall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9270).
  3. 8
    A place in England:; A western suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5538).
  4. 9
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8152).
  5. 10
    A place in England:; A settlement in Devizes parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9961).
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; A city in Jay County and Blackford County, Indiana.
  7. 12
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana.
  8. 13
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
  9. 14
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland.
  10. 15
    A place in the United States:; A city and town in Chautauqua County, New York.
  11. 16
    A place in the United States:; A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
  12. 17
    A place in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat wordnet

Etymology

From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).

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