Definition of dunkerque Dunkerque

Dun•kerque

We found 3 definitions of dunkerque from 2 different sources.

What does dunkerque mean?

Noun
dunkerque - 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
		Dunkirk, Dunkerque
		second world war, world war 2, world war ii a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
dunkerque - a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
		Dunkirk, Dunkerque