Dunkerque

Dun·kirk  (dnkûrk) or Dun·kerque (d-krk)

A city of northern France on the North Sea. In World War II more than 330,000 Allied troops were evacuated from its beaches in the face of enemy fire (May-June 1940). Population: 69,500.

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Dunkerque (French) [dœ̃kɛrk]

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(Placename) a port in N France, on the Strait of Dover: scene of the evacuation of British and other Allied troops after the fall of France in 1940; industrial centre with an oil refinery and naval shipbuilding yards. Pop.: 190 879 (1990) English name Dunkirk [dʌnˈkɜːk]

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Noun	1.	Dunkerque - a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II Dunkirk
	2.	Dunkerque - an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire Dunkirk Second World War, World War 2, World War II - a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe