Dunkirk

Meanings

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).
4. A hamlet in Lea-by-Backford parish and Capenhurst parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3872).
5. A hamlet in Hawkesbury parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7886).
6. A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent (OS grid ref TR0759).
7. A settlement in Aylsham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2027).
8. A hamlet in Wall parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9270).
9. A western suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5538).
10. A hamlet in Audley Rural parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8152).
11. A settlement in Devizes parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9961).
12. A place in the United States:

Etymology

From Dutch Duinkerke, from duin (“dune”) + kerk (“church”).