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Gibraltar
[ ji-brawl-ter ]
noun
- a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the southern tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- Rock of Gibraltar.
- Ancient Calpe [kal, -pee]. a long, precipitous mountain nearly coextensive with this colony: one of the Pillars of Hercules. 1,396 feet (426 meters) high; 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) long.
- any person or thing that has strength and endurance that can be relied on.
- Strait of Gibraltar, a strait between Europe and Africa at the Atlantic entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. 8.5–23 miles (14–37 kilometers) wide.
- any impregnable fortress or stronghold.
Gibraltar
/ ɪˈɔːə /
noun
- City of Gibraltara city on the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the tip of S Spain: settled by Moors in 711 and taken by Spain in 1462; ceded to Britain in 1713; a British crown colony (1830–1969), still politically associated with Britain; a naval and air base of strategic importance. Pop: 29 111 (2013 est). Area: 6.5 sq km (2.5 sq miles) Ancient nameCalpe
- Strait of Gibraltara narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
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Notes
Its seeming impregnability as a fortress during several wars led to the saying: “solid as the Rock of Gibraltar.”
Spain has protested British control of Gibraltar, but the dispute has remained unsettled for years.
Location of an important military base; strategically significant because it can be used to keep ships from entering or leaving the Mediterranean Sea .
Located on the Rock of Gibraltar, a huge limestone mass.
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Other yvlog Forms
- Ҿ··ٲ·· [ji-brawl-, tair, -ee-, uh, n, jib-rawl-], adjective noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Gibraltar1
First recorded in 1570–80; from Arabic jabal ṭāriq “Mountain of Tariq,” named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Omayyad conquest of Spain beginning in 711
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Example Sentences
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We have all the seals up at Gibraltar Point.
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And then the British started calling everything a ... flat white, and then the Australians started calling their cappuccinos “Gibraltars.”
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Among the countries that cannot play each other are Ukraine and Belarus, Spain and Gibraltar and Kosovo versus either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia.
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For political reasons, Ukraine and Belarus cannot be in the same group, and neither can Gibraltar and Spain.
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When the one win you've got in 16 games was a scratchy old thing against Gibraltar, you'll take whatever Lady Luck is offering.
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