Gibraltar

Gi·bral·tar ¹  (j-brôltr)

A British colony at the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar, a peninsula on the south-central coast of Spain in the Strait of Gibraltar, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean between Spain and northern Africa. Gibraltar was captured by Arabs in 711 and passed to the Spanish in 1462. Great Britain took control in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession, although Spain has made repeated claims to regain the territory. Population: 28,000.

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Gi·braltari·an (-târ-n) adj. & n.

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Gi·bral·tar ²  (j-brôltr)

n.

An invincible fortress or stronghold.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Gibraltar - location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules Calpe, Rock of Gibraltar Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Pillars of Hercules - the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules Gibraltarian - a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar

Translations

Gibraltar [dʒɪˈbrɔːltəʳ] n → Gibraltar m

Gibraltar [dʒɪˈbrɔːltəʳ] n → Gibraltar m

Gibraltar [dʒɪˈbrɔːltəʳ] n → Gibraltar nt

Gibraltar [dʒɪˈbrɔːltəʳ] n → Gibilterra