Noun
1
a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
2
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
Proper Noun
1
Alternative spelling of Dunkirk, a city in Nord department, in northern France.