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Dunkirk meaning

  1. A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  2. A place in England:
  3. A hamlet in Downham parish, East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5186).

Synonyms of Dunkirk

dunkerque crisis town port amphibious operation evacuation

Using Dunkirk

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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).
  • Useful related words include: dunkerque, crisis, town, port.
  • In the example corpus, dunkirk often appears in combinations such as: of dunkirk, from dunkirk, at dunkirk.

Context around Dunkirk

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Dunkirk

  • In this selection, "dunkirk" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, film, inception, outside, hitting, spirit and scanned stand out and add context to how "dunkirk" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a52 from dunkirk to wilford and acclaimed film dunkirk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dunkirk" sits close to words such as abreast, accrue and adheres, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dunkirk

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

They definitely don’t in Dunkirk right now. (8 words)

Crossings from Dover to both Calais and Dunkirk are suspended. (10 words)

The British filmmaker won his first Baftas following previous nominations for Inception and Dunkirk. (14 words)

He told me: “The story I came across during research is that after the withdrawal from Dunkirk in 1940, the British went on a massive defence building spree around the UK using whatever troops we had, which included those of the allied captured nations. (44 words)

But it was also a time of great resilience as Britons once again invoked the Dunkirk Spirit – then not such a distant memory - and rallied around to rescue marooned neighbours, offer shelter to those made homeless, and food and clothing to those without. (43 words)

Holmes 1996, p. 23. Operation Dynamo During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation from Dunkirk of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk ), the Hawker Hurricanes operated from British bases. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

So with a blockbuster Hollywood movie on Dunkirk hitting the silver screen this July, one would think that Dunkirk was a British victory.

Holmes 1996, p. 23. Operation Dynamo During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation from Dunkirk of British, French and Belgian troops cut off by the German army during the Battle of Dunkirk ), the Hawker Hurricanes operated from British bases.

An AFP reporter was able to see a cargo ship being unloaded at the northern port of Dunkirk on Monday morning.

But it was also a time of great resilience as Britons once again invoked the Dunkirk Spirit – then not such a distant memory - and rallied around to rescue marooned neighbours, offer shelter to those made homeless, and food and clothing to those without.

Crossings from Dover to both Calais and Dunkirk are suspended.

Mr Churcher was sent to a railhead outside Dunkirk where the German Blitzkrieg forced the British Expeditionary Force troops back to the beaches.

Selkirk-based Texel breeders Gordon and David Gray, of the Ettrick and Tima flocks, received for a gimmer by Claybury Dunkirk, scanned with twins to Sadlerhead Frank the Tank.

The Welsh actor starred in the recent Netflix mystery series 1899 and was in the WW2 film Dunkirk.

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They definitely don’t in Dunkirk right now.

Director Christopher Nolan has been nominated for five Oscars for his films Momento, Inception, Dunkirk in the past - but has never won.

He told me: “The story I came across during research is that after the withdrawal from Dunkirk in 1940, the British went on a massive defence building spree around the UK using whatever troops we had, which included those of the allied captured nations.

James Holland, the prominent World War Two historian has listed the historical inaccuracies in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed film 'Dunkirk'.

Nolan's other films include Memento, Insomnia, the Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, Inception, Dunkirk, Tenet and Oppenheimer.

Richard Aitkin of Dunkirk also objected, warning the authority: “This large-scale development will have devastating effects on the local area.

The British filmmaker won his first Baftas following previous nominations for Inception and Dunkirk.

The director worked exclusively with Warner Bros. from 2002 through 2020, directing nine films, including: Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, Dunkirk.

The main character, Oliver Quick, is portrayed by Barry Keoghan, famous for his work in films such as Dunkirk, The Batman and Chernobyl.

There are just two being postponed - the five miles of roadworks on the A1 from Barrowby to Newark and the half mile on the A52 from Dunkirk to Wilford.

This cannot not be a factor in what is looking to be an epic collapse for the Tories — made worse by Sunak’s Dunkirk spew-it — but it also cannot be mentioned.

Although the Nazis were initially successful in occupying much of Western Europe, Hitler was guilty of several strategic blunders, particularly at Dunkirk.

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Common combinations with dunkirk

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dunkirk" in a sentence?
An example: "So with a blockbuster Hollywood movie on Dunkirk hitting the silver screen this July, one would think that Dunkirk was a British victory." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dunkirk" from authentic English texts.
What does "dunkirk" mean?
Dunkirk means: A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
What are synonyms of "dunkirk"?
Common synonyms of "dunkirk" include: dunkerque, crisis, town, port, amphibious operation, evacuation.
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