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Sark
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sark särk şark
English
Pronunciation
en /sɑːk/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sark.wav Southern England
särk US, en /sɑɹk/
en ɑː(ɹ)k 1
Etymology 1
en, see fr Sercq and Sark#Etymology Wikipedia for more.
Proper noun
en island cdep/Bailiwick of Guernsey archipelago/Channel Islands.
Derived terms
en Sarkese
Related terms
en Sercquiais
Translations
island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands
Arabic: ar سَارك sārk
Egyptian Arabic: arz سارك
Bashkir: ba Сарк
Belarusian: be Сарк
Bengali: bn সার্ক
Betawi: bew Sarek
Chinese:
Mandarin: zh 薩克
Wu: wuu 萨克岛
French: fr Sercq
Greek: el Σαρκ
Hebrew: he סרק
Irish: ga An tSairc
Japanese: ja サーク島
Korean: ko 사크섬
Latin: la Sargia
Lithuanian: lt Sarkas
Norman: nrf Saerq Guernsey, nrf Ser continental Normandy, nrf Sèr Jersey
Occitan: oc Sarc
Old English: ang Syrċ
Persian: fa سارک
Russian: ru Сарк
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сарк
Latin: sh Sark
Sindhi: sd سارڪ
Tamil: ta சார்க்
Ukrainian: uk Сарк
Etymology 2
Probably derived from en cel-bry-pro *serx, of uncertain meaning and etymology but associated with "circularity".
Proper noun
en minor river carea/Dumfries and Galloway and co:also/Cumbria forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal en Esk at en Gretna the River Sark.
en 1953 August Basil M. Bazley Carlisle in 1905 Railway Magazine 507 I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; .
Anagrams
en akrs AKRs Kars arks kars ksar skar
en Islands