gibraltar

Noun
  1. Location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain;
    Strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean;
    One of the Pillars of Hercules (synset 109051211)
    is an instance of:
    • colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
    • foreland, head, headland, promontory - a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
    member holonym: gibraltarian - a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar
    is a part of:
    • europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
    • pillars of hercules - the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules
    same as: calpe, rock of gibraltar

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