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Gibraltar

See also: Gíbraltar and Gibraltár

English

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Etymology 1

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Gibraltar (sense 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.

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Gibraltar

  2. A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
  4. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco.
  5. A place in England:
    1. A hamlet in Kempston Rural parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0046). [1]
    2. A hamlet mostly in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7510).
    3. A hamlet in Hawkinge parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2039).
    4. A locality in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4818).
  6. A place in the United States:
    1. A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
    2. A ghost town in Union County, North Carolina.
    3. A census-designated place in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    4. An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
    5. A town in Door County, Wisconsin.
  7. A rural community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  8. A town in Zulia State, Venezuela.
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  1. ^   List of United Kingdom locations: Ge-Gl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Etymology 2

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"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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Noun

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Gibraltar (plural Gibraltars)

  1. (chiefly Canada, US); (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado

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  1. ^ James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan (2012) The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes‎[1], Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, pages 124–5
  2. ^ The Story Behind The Gibraltar / Cortado rawpluscoffee

Catalan

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from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq, “Mount Tariq”), probably via Spanish Gibraltar.

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Gibraltar m

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Cebuano

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Gibraltar

  1. a surname
  2. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Czech

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Gibraltar m inan (related adjective gibraltarský)

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Declension of Gibraltar (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Gibraltar
genitive Gibraltaru
dative Gibraltaru
accusative Gibraltar
vocative Gibraltare
locative Gibraltaru
instrumental Gibraltarem

Danish

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Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Gibraltar n

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Gibraltar m

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Galician

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Gibraltar m

  1. reintegrationist spelling of Xibraltar

German

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  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈbral.tar/, [ɡiˈbʁal.taʁ], [ɡɪ-], [-taɐ̯], /-tər/, [-tɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ɡi.bralˈtaːr/, [-ˈtaː(ɐ̯)] (rare)
  • Audio:(file)

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Gibraltar n (proper noun, genitive Gibraltars or (optionally with an article) Gibraltar)

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Polish

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Gibraltar

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Borrowed from English Gibraltar.

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  • IPA(key): /ɡibˈral.tar/
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  • Rhymes: -altar
  • Syllabification: Gib‧ral‧tar

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Gibraltar m inan (related adjective gibraltarski)

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
  2. Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco)

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Declension of Gibraltar
singular
nominative Gibraltar
genitive Gibraltaru
dative Gibraltarowi
accusative Gibraltar
instrumental Gibraltarem
locative Gibraltarze
vocative Gibraltarze

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Portuguese

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾalˈtaɾ/ [ʒi.βɾaɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾalˈta.ɾi/ [ʒi.βɾaɫˈta.ɾi]

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Gibraltar m

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /ɡǐbraltaːr/
  • Hyphenation: Gi‧bral‧tar

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Gìbraltār m (Cyrillic spelling Гѝбралта̄р)

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Declension of Gibraltar
singular
nominative Gibraltar
genitive Gibraltara
dative Gibraltaru
accusative Gibraltar
vocative Gibraltare
locative Gibraltaru
instrumental Gibraltarom

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /xibɾalˈtaɾ/ [xi.β̞ɾal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: Gi‧bral‧tar

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Gibraltar m

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

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Swedish

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Gibraltar n (genitive Gibraltars)

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Turkmen

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Gibraltar

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
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