Dunkerque

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dunkerque \Dunkerque\ prop. n.
     the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II
     (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from
     the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy
     fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.
  


     Syn: Dunkirk.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dunkerque
       n : a city in northern France on the North Sea where in World
           War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated
           from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under
           enemy fire [syn: {Dunkirk}]