Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gibraltar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gibraltar \Gi*bral"tar\, n.
1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain,
held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable
stronghold.
2. A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in
full, {Gibraltar rock}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Gibraltar
n : colony of the United Kingdom located 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
[syn: {Gibraltar}, {Rock of Gibraltar}, {Calpe}]
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