Gibraltar

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of Iberia.
• A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco.

Related

Similar words

• Mons Calpe (former name)
• Strait of Gibraltar, Straits of Gibraltar, STROG

Origin

• From Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق, meaning Mountain of Tariq, 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 ("{{w")}}, for the strait.