Noun has 2 senses

• dunkerque(n = noun.location) dunkirk - a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II;


• dunkerque(n = noun.act) dunkirk - 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;