Gibraltar

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See also: Gíbraltar and Gibraltár

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/, /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɒltə(ɹ)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar

  1. A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
  2. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco.
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Etymology 2[edit]

"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[edit]

Gibraltar (plural Gibraltars)

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

References[edit]

  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[edit]

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Gibraltar m

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

Cebuano[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar

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

Czech[edit]

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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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Danish[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar

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

Dutch[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

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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[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

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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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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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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[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Gibraltar, from Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar m inan

  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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adjective
nouns

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar m

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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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Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar n (genitive Gibraltars)

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

Turkmen[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Gibraltar

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