English noun: Rock of Gibraltar | |||
1. | Rock of Gibraltar (location) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Calpe, Gibraltar | ||
Instance hypernym | colony, foreland, head, headland, promontory, settlement | ||
Part meronym | Europe, Pillars of Hercules | ||
Member holonym | Gibraltarian | ||