Dunkirk
English
Etymology
From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌŋkɜː(ɹ)k/
- (UK) IPA(key): /dʌnˈkɜː(ɹ)k/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Dunkirk
- A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- A place in England:
- A hamlet in Downham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5186).
- A hamlet in Lea-by-Backford parish and Capenhurst parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3872). [1]
- A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7886).
- A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0759). [2]
- A settlement in Aylsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2027).
- A hamlet in Wall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9270).
- A western suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5538). [3]
- A hamlet in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8152).
- A settlement in Devizes parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9961).
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Jay County and Blackford County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
- A census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland.
- A city and town in Chautauqua County, New York.
- A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
- A town and village therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms
- Dunkirker
- Dunkirkian
- Dunkirk spirit
Translations
town in France
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References
- “Dunkirk”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.