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the
English
spelling
of Dunkerque, a
port
town
in
northeast
France
, from where
thousands
of
British
soldiers
were
evacuated
(=
moved
to
safety
) during the Second World
War
:
Examples:
You can get a
ferry
from
Dover
to Dunkirk.
The
tunnels
were the
nerve
centre
of the
operation
to
evacuate
troops
from Dunkirk in 1940.
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