Dunkirk
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dunkirk in British English:
UK [ˈdʌnkə:k,dʌnˈk-]
How to pronounce Dunkirk in American English:
US [ˈdʌnˌkɚk]
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- Noun:
- a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
- a city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
Word Origin
- Dunkirk
- city on the northeast coast of France, French dunkerque, literally "dune church," from Middle Dutch dune (see dune) + kerke (see church (n.)); in reference to the 7c. church of St. Eloi.
Example
- 1. The evacuation of our troops from dunkirk has begun .
- 2. Then it is in the papers ? About dunkirk ?
- 3. All kinds of boats carrying the allied forces of british and french armies withdrawing from dunkirk are berthing at the coast .
- 4. Shooting the five minute dunkirk beach scene was arguably the toughest portion of shooting .
- 5. This week french fishermen clogged up the port of dunkirk and british lorry-drivers choked roads into london and cardiff .