gibraltar

Noun

Gi=bral=tar

WORDNET DICTIONARY

gibraltar(n = noun.location) calpe, rock of 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; Array

is a kind of colony, settlement, foreland, head, headland, promontory

is a part of europe, pillars of hercules

Derived form adjective gibraltarian₁

gibraltar, n.

A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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