Sark

See also: sark, särk, and şark

English

Etymology

Unknown, but see Wikipedia. Richard Coates has suggested derivation from Proto-Semitic, although this is considered unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɑːk/

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• (US) enPR: särk, IPA^(key): /sɑɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

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.

Related terms

• Sercquiais

Translations

island

• Arabic: سَارك (sārk)
• Bengali: সার্ক (śark)
• French: Sercq (fr)
• Norman: Saerq (Guernsey), Ser (continental Normandy), Sèr (Jersey)

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, arks, kars, ksar, skar