DUNKERQUE

Dunkirk, Dunkerque

(noun) 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

Dunkirk, Dunkerque

(noun) a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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