Duinkerke

E182674

Duinkerke is the Dutch name for Dunkirk, a historic port city in northern France known for its pivotal World War II evacuation.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Duinkerke canonical 2
Dünkirchen 2
Dunes of Flanders 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
coastal settlement ⓘ
exonym ⓘ
port city ⓘ
belongsTo European Union urban area ⓘ
country France ⓘ
DutchName Duinkerke ⓘ
FrenchName Dunkerque ⓘ
hasAssociatedFilm Dunkirk (2017 film) ⓘ
linked to: Dunkirk
hasAssociatedMilitaryOperation Operation Dynamo ⓘ
hasClimate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing industry ⓘ
industrial port activities ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
hasFortifications historic coastal defenses ⓘ
hasHarbor Dunkirk harbor ⓘ
linked to: Dunkirk, France
hasHistoricalEvent Dunkirk evacuation 1940 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dunkirk
hasHistoricalPeriod World War II ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion County of Flanders ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunity Dutch-influenced toponymy ⓘ
French-speaking population ⓘ
hasLanguageForm Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus commune of France ⓘ
hasNearbyCountry Belgium ⓘ
hasOfficialName Dunkerque ⓘ
hasPort Port of Dunkirk ⓘ
hasTimezone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
hasTransportConnection English Channel shipping routes ⓘ
isDutchNameFor Dunkirk ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
World War II evacuation ⓘ
locatedIn northern France ⓘ
locatedInDepartment Nord ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hauts-de-France ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Flemish coastal area ⓘ
locatedNear Belgian border ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater North Sea ⓘ
partOf French Flanders ⓘ
portType commercial port ⓘ
ferry port ⓘ
strategicRole Allied evacuation point in 1940 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dunkirk → hasDutchName → Duinkerke ⓘ
Krefeld → twinTown → Dünkirchen ⓘ
subject linked to: Krefeld, Germany
linked to: Duinkerke
Battle of the Dunes (1658) → location → Dunes of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Duinkerke
Duinkerke → DutchName → Duinkerke ⓘ
Krefeld → twinTown → Dünkirchen ⓘ
linked to: Duinkerke