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Sark en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /sɑɹk/ (US)
• särk (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɑːk/ (UK)

Etymology

Unknown, see Sercq and Wikipedia for more.

Meanings

1. An island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Deriveds

Sarkese

Relateds

Sercquiais

Translations (28)

la Sargia (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ga An tSairc (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ja サーク島 (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ar سَارك (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ru Сарк (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · nrf Saerq (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · bew Sarek (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · oc Sarc (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · sd سارڪ (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ang Syrċ (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · nrf Ser (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · be Сарк (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ta சார்க் (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · zh 薩克 /萨克 (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · fr Sercq (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · uk Сарк (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · sh Сарк (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · wuu 萨克岛 (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · fa سارک (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · he סרק (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · sh Sark (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · el Σαρκ (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · bn সার্ক (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · lt Sarkas (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ko 사크섬 (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · arz سارك (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · nrf Sèr (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands) · ba Сарк (island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands)

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Sark en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /sɑɹk/ (US)
• särk (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /sɑːk/ (UK)

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Brythonic *serx, of uncertain meaning and etymology but associated with "circularity".

Meanings

1. A minor river in Dumfries and Galloway council area and Cumbria, forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal Esk at Gretna; in full, the River Sark.
   • 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; […]. 1953 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Carlisle in 1905”, in Railway Magazine, page 507: