Gibraltar

English

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/, /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɒltə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

Synonyms

• (land territory): Mons Calpe (former name)
• (strait): Strait of Gibraltar, Straits of Gibraltar, STROG

Derived terms

• Gibraltar fever
• Gibraltarian
• Gibraltar rock
• Gibraltar Rock
• Rock of Gibraltar
• Strait of Gibraltar

Translations

Further reading

• Gibraltar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

"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.

Alternative forms

• gibraltar

Noun

Gibraltar (plural Gibraltars)

1. (chiefly Canada, US); (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado
   • 2013 October 30, "The Mighty Vancouver Cafe Crawl" Little Ninja Chef :

     Two Gibraltars (decaf) at Kafka

   • 2015 February 26, Greta Kaul, “Startup that lets chefs review restaurants lands $4 million”, in SFGate:

     At a recent meeting at Mint Plaza’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Maggiotto ordered a Gibraltar, a small, milky espresso drink.

   • 2016 June 29, Gretchen Fox, “How To Create A Loyal Customer In Under Five Minutes”, in Forbes:

     I paid for my beans and sipped my perfectly-made Gibraltar as I walked down the street thinking about how I would now always order from his pizza company.

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Proper noun

Gibraltar m

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

Cebuano

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Gibraltar m inan (related adjective gibraltarský)

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

Declension

Danish

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Gibraltar

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɪˈbrɑltɑr/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Gibraltar n

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

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Gibraltar

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.bʁal.taʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Gibraltar m

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

Derived terms

• détroit de Gibraltar
• gibraltarien
• Gibraltarien

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈbral.tar/, , , , /-tər/,
• IPA^(key): /ɡi.bralˈtaːr/, (rare)

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Gibraltar

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

Derived terms

• Gibraltarstredet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Gibraltar

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

Derived terms

• Gibraltarsundet

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Gibraltar

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡibˈral.tar/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -altar
• Syllabification: Gib‧ral‧tar

Proper noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• Gibraltar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gibraltar m

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gìbraltār m (Cyrillic spelling Гѝбралта̄р)

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

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xibɾalˈtaɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: Gi‧bral‧tar

Proper noun

Gibraltar m

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

Derived terms

Swedish

Proper noun

Gibraltar n (genitive Gibraltars)

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

Turkmen

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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