Pillars of Hercules

English

Proper noun

Pillars of Hercules

1. (historical) The two promontories at the Strait of Gibraltar, and thus the western limit of the Mediterranean world.

Translations

two promontories at the Strait of Gibraltar

• Arabic: أَعْمِدَة هِرَقْل m (ʔaʕmida(t) hiraql)
• Dutch: Zuilen van Hercules pl
• French: Colonnes d’Hercule (fr) f pl
• German: Säulen des Herakles pl
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἡράκλειοι Στῆλαι f pl (Hērákleioi Stêlai)

• Italian: Colonne d'Ercole f pl
• Latin: Columnae Herculis f pl
• Portuguese: Colunas de Hércules f pl
• Russian: Геркуле́совы столпы́ m pl (Gerkulésovy stolpý)
• Spanish: Columnas de Hércules f pl