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Gibraltar

//d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
  2. 2
    A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar.
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Kempston Rural parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0046).
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A hamlet mostly in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7510).
  5. 5
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Hawkinge parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2039).
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  1. 6
    A place in England:; A locality in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4818).
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A ghost town in Union County, North Carolina.
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; A town in Door County, Wisconsin.
  7. 12
    A rural community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  8. 13
    A town in Zulia State, Venezuela.
  9. 14
    A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Noun
  1. 1
    ; (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado Canada, US

    "Two Gibraltars (decaf) at Kafka"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

"Gibraltar" is the name of a line of tumblers made by glassware company Libbey. The drink was named in 2005, by Steve Ford at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco, after the glass in which its version was served.

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