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Dunkirk

/ˈdʌŋkɜː(ɹ)k/ · name

Meaning

  1. A hamlet in Wall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9270).
  2. A hamlet in Lea-by-Backford parish and Capenhurst parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3872).
  3. A settlement in Aylsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2027).
  4. A hamlet in Downham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5186).
  5. A place in England:
  6. A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0759).
  7. A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  8. A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7886).

Etymology / origin

From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).

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