Rock of Gibraltar

Definitions of Rock of Gibraltar

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: Calpe, Gibraltar

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   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)