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Dunkirk
duhn-KURK
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A port town in northern France, the site of a major Allied evacuation in 1940.
"Hundreds of small boats helped rescue soldiers from Dunkirk."
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Etymology
From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin ("dune") + kerk ("church").