the Rock
See also: The Rock
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- (Gibraltar): From the Rock of Gibraltar
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is abut Newfoundland?”)
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ðə ˈɹɑk/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ðə ˈɹɒk/
Proper noun edit
- (UK) Nickname of Gibraltar. A colony of the United Kingdom, of the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, on the Strait of Gibraltar, between Mediterranean and Atlantic
- (US) Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
- (US) Nickname of the island of Alcatraz. An island in San Francisco Bay, Pacific, of California, United States
- (Canada) Nickname of the Island of Newfoundland. An island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- (Australia) Nickname of Uluru.
Usage notes edit
When used as a nickname for Gibraltar, Alcatraz, or Newfoundland, the preceding the is often capitalized ("The").
Translations edit
nickname of Alcatraz
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