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Hi DLS, and welcome.
I don't know much at all about Flemish, but to start you off:
Dunkerque is the French spelling. Duyn Kerke, in the original Flemish, means church of the dunes. Since church in French is l’eglise, I guess the ‘kerque’ has no real meaning, but has just slid across from 'kerke'. German would be kirche.
I meant to add - you probably know already - there is a town called Albuquerque in Andalucia, Spain
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