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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DUNKERQUE

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PRONUNCIATION OF DUNKERQUE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUNKERQUE

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adjective
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dunkerque is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DUNKERQUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dunkerque

Dunkirk

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Dunkirk (French: Dunkerque, pronounced: ; Dutch: Duinkerke(n) ( listen); Flemish: ( listen)) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Belgian border. The population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 70,850 inhabitants (71,300 inhabitants according to February 2004 estimates). The population of the metropolitan area was 265,974 inhabitants according to the 1999 census.

Definition of Dunkerque in the English dictionary

The definition of Dunkerque in the dictionary is 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: 70 850 English name: Dunkirk,.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUNKERQUE

Dungeness
dungeon
dungeoner
dunger
dunghill
dungmere
dungy
duniewassal
dunite
dunitic
duniwassal
dunk
Dunkard
Dunker
Dunkirk
Dunleary
dunlin
Dunlop

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUNKERQUE

Albuquerque
antique
barque
boutique
cirque
clique
critique
jerque
letter of marque
letters of marque
marque
Martinique
Mozambique
politique
pratique
remarque
semicirque
technique
torque
unique

Synonyms and antonyms of Dunkerque in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Dunkerque» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUNKERQUE

Find out the translation of Dunkerque to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Dunkerque from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Dunkerque» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

敦刻尔克
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Dunkerque
570 millions of speakers

English

Dunkerque
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डनकर्क
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

دنكرك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дюнкерк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Dunkerque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডানকার্কে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Dunkerque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dunkerque
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dunkerque
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダンケルク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

덩케 르크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dunkerque
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Dunkerque
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Dunkerque -ல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डंकर्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dunkerque
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Dunkerque
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dunkierka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дюнкерк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Dunkerque
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Δουνκέρκη
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Dunkerque
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Dunkerque
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Dunkerque
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Dunkerque

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNKERQUE»

The term «Dunkerque» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNKERQUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Dunkerque» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Dunkerque» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dunkerque

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNKERQUE»

Discover the use of Dunkerque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dunkerque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Silence Over Dunkerque
John Tunis vividly imagines the drama of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkerque Sergeant Edward Williams of the Second Battalion was among the first British troops to land in France, just across the English Channel ...
John R. Tunis, 2011
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Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
Edith Wharton. and, on a crest of the dunes, the figure of a solitary sentinel. But presently there was a sound of martial music, and long lines of troops came marching along the esplanade and down to the beach. The sands stretched away to ...
Edith Wharton, 2003
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Artificial Evolution: 4th European Conference, AE'99 ...
The papers in this volume have been grouped into the following ?ve sections which more or less re?ect the organization of the oral presentations. 1. Invited Paper: C. Reeves brightly describes the state of the art in Fitness Landscapes.
Cyril Fonlupt, 2000
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North Sea Pilot (Eastern Shores) from Dunkerque to the Skaw 1915
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Anon, 2009
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Reflexions Sur L'Importance de Dunkerque, Et Sur L'État ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Richard Steele, 2009
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French Battleships 1922-1956
Trials and work-up of this new and complex ship would take a further twenty months. Dunkerque would finally enter service with the Atlantic Squadron ( Escadre de l'Atlantique) on 1 September 1938. TRIALS AND WORK-UP Dunkerque went ...
John Jordan, Robert Dumas, 2009
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Conrad collection on Dutch waterways: Sailing Directions for ...
This bears from Dunkerque N.E. J N". , distant 10 m., and N.N.W. from Furnes, distant 10£ m. From hence the Out Eatel extends 85 m., in the direction of N.E. by E. J E., and is about a mile broad, with many dangerous shallows upon it, and ...
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North Sea Pilot
the spires of the churches of Mardick, Grande Synthe, Petite Synthe and St. Pol, emerging from the trees which surround the villages, aDd the tower and lighthouse at Dunkerque. GravelineS point lies about 4 miles eastward of Gravelines ...
Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept, 1901
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Through the French Canals
The route below covers the predominantly commercial waterway between Dunkerque and the Belgian border. What is generally referred to as the 'liaison' was achieved by widening the existing network of seven canals and canalised rivers to ...
David Jefferson, 2014
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Pub. 191Sailing Directions (Enroute) English Channel 2006 ...
At a position about 0.5 mile off the jetties, the flood current runs ENE and starts about 2 hours 30 minutes before HW at Dunkerque. It attains a normal maximum rate of 2 knots about 10 minutes before HW at Dunkerque, although rates up to 3.5 ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNKERQUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Dunkerque is used in the context of the following news items.
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OPERATION STACK: Junction 8 to 11 on M20 likely to be closed …
The Port of Dover is operating a full service to the Port of Calais with P&O Ferries and Dunkerque with DFDS. A Port spokesman said: "Traffic is ... «Folkestone Herald, Jul 15»
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Tour de France 2015, stage four: as it happened
Not until, that is, the Dunkerque-Roubaix with Geraint Thomas, the sportive set up by HotChillee, the organisation behind the hugely successful ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Nabil Bentaleb signs new deal with Tottenham
Bentaleb played most of his youth career in France for Dunkerque, Mouscron and Lille before moving to Spurs in 2012. He has gone on an ... «King Fut, Jul 15»
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Toby Alderweireld Dispute The Latest In Long Line Of Ugly Football …
Bosman played for Belgian side Liege and, when his contract expired, he wanted to move to French side Dunkerque. But the French side ... «Who Ate All The Pies, Jul 15»
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Operation Stack put in place at Eurotunnel
... business with a full service operating to the Port of Calais with P&O Ferries and a full service operating to Dunkerque with DFDS Seaways. «ITV News, Jul 15»
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Recent Calais disruption 'costing economy £250m a day'
... whilst DFDS Seaways operates a full service to Dunkerque, with an additional vessel diverted to the route to help accommodate heavy traffic. «ITV News, Jul 15»
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Tour de France gets massive makeover
Dunkerque, France (July 2, 2015) – The Tour de France à la Voile 2015 will commence July 3, with this year's edition on July 3-26 having a ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
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Operation Stack to remain in place until Monday
... Ferries to run a full service to Calais whilst DFDS Seaways continues to run a full service to Dunkerque, with an additional ship diverted to the ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
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Limoges re-signs Zerbo through 2020
He has also played for STB Le Havre and BCM Gravelines Dunkerque, as well as being a member of the Burkinabe national team. Related ... «Euroleague, Jul 15»
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Eurotunnel services cancelled as protestors storm terminal AGAIN
There are no services between Dover and Calais but DFDS Seaways is still running services to Dunkerque as normal. MyFerryLink has ... «Folkestone Herald, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Dunkerque [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dunkerque>. Apr 2024 ».
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