Gibraltar

See also: Gíbraltar and Gibraltár

English

Etymology

From the Arabic جَبَل طَارِق‎ (jabal ṭāriq), meaning Mountain of Tariq, who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, starting in 711. Replaced earlier Latin Mons Calpe (“Mount Calpe”) for the land, and Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι (Hērákleiai stêlai, “Pillars of Hercules”) (Latin Columnae Herculis) for the strait.

Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. An overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of Iberia.
  2. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Gibraltar ?

  1. Gibraltar

Cebuano

Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. a surname​
  2. Gibraltar; an overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula

Czech

Proper noun

Gibraltar m

  1. Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)

Derived terms

  • gibraltarský

Danish

Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. (geography) Gibraltar (UK overseas territory)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gibraltar n

  1. Gibraltar: overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula.

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar

Derived terms

  • Gibraltarsundet

Portuguese

Proper noun

Gibraltar m

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in Iberia)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǐbraltaːr/
  • Hyphenation: Gi‧bral‧tar

Proper noun

Gìbraltār m (Cyrillic spelling Гѝбралта̄р)

  1. Gibraltar

Declension

Spanish

Proper noun

Gibraltar ?

  1. Gibraltar: overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula.

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar
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