the Rock
See also: The Rock
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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
editnickname of Alcatraz
|
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- British English
- en:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- en:Places in the United Kingdom
- American English
- en:Islands
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- Canadian English
- en:Places in Newfoundland and Labrador
- en:Places in Canada
- Australian English
- en:Regions of Europe