| NOUN | location | Calpe, Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar | |
| Instance of | colony, settlement | A body of people who settle far from home / home / home but maintain ties with their homeland |
| promontory, headland, head, foreland | A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | |
| Members | Gibraltarian | A native or inhabitant of Gibraltar |
| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
| Pillars of Hercules | The two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar | |
| Spanish | Calpe, Gibraltar, Peñón de Gibraltar, Peñón | |
| Catalan | Calpe, Gibraltar, Penyal de Gibraltar, Penyal | |
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