DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
dunkerque
/dyŋ'kɛRk/ · dyŋkɛRk
Dunkerque has 2 syllables: dun · kerque.
dun
01
kerque
02
noun. 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.
noun. A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II.
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