Associations to the word «Dunkirk»
Noun
- Evacuation
- Calais
- Boulogne
- Dynamo
- Privateer
- Lille
- Havre
- Dover
- Flanders
- Jamestown
- Pas
- Somme
- Lockhart
- Antwerp
- Brest
- Luftwaffe
- Spitfire
- Erie
- Flotilla
- Nord
- Lifeboat
- Normandy
- Retreat
- Perimeter
- Siege
- Allies
- Churchill
- Demolition
- Dune
- Parma
- Atonement
- Arrondissement
- Seaplane
- Bart
- Belgium
- France
- Hms
- Cromwell
- Armada
- Destroyer
- Meridian
- Sunk
- Ghent
- Calvert
- Curtiss
- Troop
- Hitler
- Pounder
- Belgian
- Invasion
- Allegheny
- Garrison
- Harbour
- Brigade
- Commissary
- Raf
- Blockade
- Withdrawal
- Squadron
- Salamanca
- Battle
- Port
- Frigate
- Admiralty
- Raid
- Sortie
- Bertram
- Rouen
- Nottingham
- Marseille
- Fortification
- Nice
- Aa
- Battalion
- Mediterranean
- Saxe
- Despatch
- Landau
Wiktionary
DUNKIRK, proper noun. A town in Nord-Pas de Calais, France
DUNKIRK SPIRIT, noun. (UK) (idiomatic) The spirit of the British public pulling together to overcome times of adversity.
Dictionary definition
DUNKIRK, noun. A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there".
DUNKIRK, noun. A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II.
DUNKIRK, 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.
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