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English noun: Gibraltar

1. 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


SynonymsCalpe, Rock of Gibraltar


Instance hypernymcolony, foreland, head, headland, promontory, settlement


Part meronymEurope, Pillars of Hercules


Member holonymGibraltarian









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