English Explanatory Dictionary

Gibraltar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A peninsula, city, and 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; in full, Strait of Gibraltar.
  3. A place in England:
  4. A hamlet in Kempston Rural parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0046).
  5. A hamlet mostly in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7510).
  6. A hamlet in Hawkinge parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2039).
  7. A locality in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4818).
  8. A place in the United States:
  9. A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
  10. A ghost town in Union County, North Carolina.
  11. A census-designated place in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  12. An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
noun
  1. ; (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/ /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɒltə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gibraltar.wav jĭ-brôl′tər

Word forms

Gibraltar Gibraltars

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Mons Calpe Strait of Gibraltar Straits of Gibraltar STROG

Derived words

Gibraltar fever Gibraltarian Gibraltar Range Gibraltar Rock Rock of Gibraltar Strait of Gibraltar

Translations

Albanian: Gjibraltar Albanian: Gjibraltari Amharic: ጅብራልታር Arabic: جَبَل طَارِق Arabic: جَبَل طارِق Armenian: Ջիբրալթար Aromanian: Ghibraltar Asturian: Xibraltar Azerbaijani: Cəbəllüttariq Basque: Gibraltar Belarusian: Гібралта́р Bengali: জিব্রাল্টার Breton: Jibraltar Bulgarian: Гибралта́р Burmese: ဂျီဘရော်လ်တာ Catalan: Gibraltar Chinese Cantonese: 直布羅陀 /直布罗陀 Chinese Mandarin: 直布羅陀 /直布罗陀 Cornish: Jibraltar Czech: Gibraltar Danish: Gibraltar Dutch: Gibraltar Esperanto: Ĝibraltaro Estonian: Gibraltar Faroese: Gibraltar Finnish: Gibraltar French: Gibraltar Galician: Xibraltar Georgian: გიბრალტარი German: Gibraltar Greek: Γιβραλτάρ Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι Ancient Greek: Κάλπη Hebrew: גיברלטר Hindi: जिब्राल्टर Hungarian: Gibraltár Icelandic: Gíbraltar Ido: Gibraltar Indonesian: Gibraltar Interlingua: Gibraltar Italian: Gibilterra Japanese: ジブラルタル Kapampangan: Gibraltar
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