Dunkirk.
A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Meaning & usage
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 place in England: A hamlet in Lea-by-Backford parish and Capenhurst parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3872).
A place in England: A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7886).
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0759).
A place in England: A settlement in Aylsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2027).
A place in England: A hamlet in Wall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9270).
A place in England: A western suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5538).
A place in England: A hamlet in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8152).
A place in England: 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.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas.
A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland.
A place in the United States: A city and town in Chautauqua County, New York.
A place in the United States: A village in Hardin County, Ohio.
A place in the United States: A town and village therein, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”). By surface analysis, from dune + kirk.
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