"Sark" meaning in English

See Sark in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /sɑːk/ [UK], /sɑɹk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sark.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: särk [US] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: Unknown, but see Wikipedia. Richard Coates has suggested derivation from Proto-Semitic, although this is considered unlikely. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{der|en|sem-pro|-}} Proto-Semitic Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sark
  1. One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe. Wikipedia link: Sark, Sark#Etymology Categories (place): Islands Related terms: Sercquiais Translations (island): سَارك (sārk) (Arabic), সার্ক (śark) (Bengali), Sercq (French), Saerq [Guernsey] (Norman), Ser [continental-Normandy] (Norman), Sèr [Jersey] (Norman)

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