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Gibraltar

/d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/

Gibraltar proper noun: a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.

gibraltar: a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia
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Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
    • Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar. […] The Spaniards offered Gibraltar fully devolved status, like the Basques and Catalans...2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021
    Synonyms:
    Mons Calpe
  2. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar.
  3. A hamlet in Kempston Rural parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0046).
  4. A hamlet mostly in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7510).
  5. A hamlet in Hawkinge parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2039).
  6. A locality in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4818).
  7. A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
  8. A ghost town in Union County, North Carolina.
  9. A census-designated place in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  10. An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
  11. A town in Door County, Wisconsin.
  12. A rural community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  13. A town in Zulia State, Venezuela.
  14. A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.

Noun

Gibraltar (plural Gibraltars)

  1. (Canada, US) ; (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado
    • Two Gibraltars (decaf) at Kafka2013 October 30, "The Mighty Vancouver Cafe Crawl" Little Ninja Chef [photo caption]
    • At a recent meeting at Mint Plaza’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Maggiotto ordered a Gibraltar, a small, milky espresso drink.2015 February 26, Greta Kaul, “Startup that lets chefs review restaurants lands $4 million”, in SFGate

Gibraltar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

Gibraltar in Hindi

British overseas territory
जिब्राल्टर jibrālṭar

Gibraltar in Tamil

British overseas territory
ஜிப்ரால்ட்டர் jiprālṭṭar

Gibraltar in Urdu

British overseas territory
جبرالٹر jibrālṭar, جَبَلالطّارِق jabal-at-tāriq

Gibraltar in Bengali

British overseas territory
জিব্রাল্টার jibralṭar
More languagesFewer languages
Gibraltar in Sinhala
ජිබ්රෝල්ටාව jibrōlṭāwa
Gibraltar in Pashto
جبل الطارق jabal at-tāriq
Gibraltar in Tagalog
Hibraltar
Gibraltar in Arabic
جَبَل طَارِق jabal ṭāriq
Gibraltar in Malay
Gibraltar
Gibraltar in Indonesian
Gibraltar
Gibraltar in Persian
جَبلالطّارِق jabal-et-târeq, جَبَلطارِق jabal-târeq
Gibraltar in Thai
ยิบรอลตาร์ yíp-rɔn-dtâa
Gibraltar in Myanmar
ဂျီဘရော်လ်တာ gyibha.raulta

Synonyms of Gibraltar

Forms of Gibraltar

pluralGibraltars
alternative formgibraltar

Origin of Gibraltar

From Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq, “Mount Tariq”), named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, starting in 711. Replaced earlier Latin Mons Calpe (“Mount Calpe”) for the land, and Columnae Herculis, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι (Hērákleiai stêlai, “Pillars of Hercules”), for the strait. The barangay in Baguio, Philippines is named by a German national "Jonathan Speth" after the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe. He lived and died in the barangay.

"Gibraltar" is the name of a line of tumblers made by glassware company Libbey. The drink was named in 2005, by Steve Ford at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco, after the glass in which its version was served.

Words formed from Gibraltar

Phrases with Gibraltar

Words that rhyme with Gibraltar

Questions about Gibraltar

What does Gibraltar mean?
Gibraltar means a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
What is Gibraltar in Hindi?
Gibraltar in Hindi is जिब्राल्टर (jibrālṭar). See Gibraltar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Gibraltar?
Gibraltar can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Gibraltar?
Gibraltar is pronounced /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/.

Words near Gibraltar in the dictionary

  1. giboias
  2. giboshi
  3. giboya
  4. giboyas
  5. GiBps
  6. Gibraltar
  7. Gibraltar fever
  8. Gibraltar Range
  9. Gibraltar Rock
  10. Gibraltarian
  11. Gibraltarian English

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