Gibraltar
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Etymology 1 edit
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.
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Gibraltar
- A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
- A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco.
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- (land territory): Mons Calpe (former name)
- (strait): Strait of Gibraltar, Straits of Gibraltar, STROG
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Etymology 2 edit
"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.[1][2]
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Gibraltar (plural Gibraltars)
- (chiefly Canada, US); (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado
- 2013 October 30, "The Mighty Vancouver Cafe Crawl" Little Ninja Chef [photo caption]:
- Two Gibraltars (decaf) at Kafka
- 2015 February 26, Greta Kaul, “Startup that lets chefs review restaurants lands $4 million”, in SFGate:
- At a recent meeting at Mint Plaza’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Maggiotto ordered a Gibraltar, a small, milky espresso drink.
- 2016 June 29, Gretchen Fox, “How To Create A Loyal Customer In Under Five Minutes”, in Forbes:
- I paid for my beans and sipped my perfectly-made Gibraltar as I walked down the street thinking about how I would now always order from his pizza company.
- 2013 October 30, "The Mighty Vancouver Cafe Crawl" Little Ninja Chef [photo caption]:
References edit
- ^ The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes[1], Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2012, →ISBN, pages 124–5
- ^ The Story Behind The Gibraltar / Cortado rawpluscoffee
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Gibraltar m
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar
- a surname
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar m inan (related adjective gibraltarský)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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singular | |
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nominative | Gibraltar |
genitive | Gibraltaru |
dative | Gibraltaru |
accusative | Gibraltar |
vocative | Gibraltare |
locative | Gibraltaru |
instrumental | Gibraltarem |
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Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar n
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar m
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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- IPA(key): /ɡiˈbral.tar/, [ɡiˈbʁal.taʁ], [ɡɪ-], [-taɐ̯], /-tər/, [-tɐ]
- IPA(key): /ɡi.bralˈtaːr/, [-ˈtaː(ɐ̯)] (rare)
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Gibraltar n (proper noun, genitive Gibraltars or (optionally with an article) Gibraltar)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Polish edit
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Borrowed from English Gibraltar, from Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq).
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Gibraltar m inan
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
- Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco)
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singular | |
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nominative | Gibraltar |
genitive | Gibraltaru |
dative | Gibraltarowi |
accusative | Gibraltar |
instrumental | Gibraltarem |
locative | Gibraltarze |
vocative | Gibraltarze |
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- Gibraltar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Gibraltar m
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gìbraltār m (Cyrillic spelling Гѝбралта̄р)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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singular | |
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nominative | Gibraltar |
genitive | Gibraltara |
dative | Gibraltaru |
accusative | Gibraltar |
vocative | Gibraltare |
locative | Gibraltaru |
instrumental | Gibraltarom |
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Gibraltar m
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar n (genitive Gibraltars)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)