Dunkirk – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Dunkirk
n.
seaport in Northern France; place to which British expeditionary forces were evacuated in 1940; name of several cities in the USA
dunkirk
n.
desperate retreat; crisis in which a desperate last effort is required to avoid total disaster
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (, ; ; , ) is a
commune in the
Nord department in northern
France. It lies from the
Belgian border. The population of the city (commune) at the 2012 census was 90,995 inhabitants.
Dunkirk
Noun
1. a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat; "the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there"
(hypernym) crisis
2. 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
(synonym) Dunkerque
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) World War II, World War 2, Second World War
(classification) France, French Republic
Dunkirk
s.
Dunkerque, havneby i Nord-Frankrike; sted hvor britiske ekspedisjonsstyrker ble evakuert i 1940; navn på flere byer i USA
dunkirk
s.
desperat tilbaketredelse; krise hvor en siste desperat anstrengelse er nødvendig for å unngå total katastrofe
Dunkirk
n.
Dunkerque, havneby i det nordlige Frankrig; sted hvortil britiske ekspeditionsstyrke styrker blev evakueret i 1940; navn på flere byer i USA
dunkirk
n.
dunkerque, desperat tilbagetog; krise hvori en desperat sidste forsøg er påkrævet for at undgå den totale katastrofe
