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Dunkirk
//ˈdʌŋkɜː(ɹ)k// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- 2 A place in England:; A hamlet in Downham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5186).
- 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 A place in England:; A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7886).
- 5 A place in England:; A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0759).
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- 6 A place in England:; A settlement in Aylsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2027).
- 7 A place in England:; A hamlet in Wall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9270).
- 8 A place in England:; A western suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5538).
- 9 A place in England:; A hamlet in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8152).
- 10 A place in England:; A settlement in Devizes parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9961).
- 11 A place in the United States:; A city in Jay County and Blackford County, Indiana.
- 12 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana.
- 13 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
- 14 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland.
- 15 A place in the United States:; A city and town in Chautauqua County, New York.
- 16 A place in the United States:; A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
- 17 A place in the United States:; A town and village therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Noun
- 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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