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), -ɒltə(ɹ)
Proper noun
Gibraltar
- A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
- 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
Translations
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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.[1][2]
Alternative forms
- gibraltar
Noun
Gibraltar (plural Gibraltars)
- (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 [photo caption]:
- 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.
- 2013 October 30, "The Mighty Vancouver Cafe Crawl" Little Ninja Chef [photo caption]:
References
- James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan (2012) The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, pages 124–5
- The Story Behind The Gibraltar / Cortado rawpluscoffee
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gibraltar m
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Cebuano
Proper noun
Gibraltar
- a surname
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʒɪbraltar]
Proper noun
Gibraltar m inan (related adjective gibraltarský)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Danish
Proper noun
Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɪˈbrɑltɑr/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Gibraltar n
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.bʁal.taʁ/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Gibraltar m
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiˈbral.tar/, [ɡiˈbʁal.taʁ], [ɡɪ-], [-taɐ̯], /-tər/, [-tɐ]
- IPA(key): /ɡi.bralˈtaːr/, [-ˈtaː(ɐ̯)] (rare)
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Gibraltar n (proper noun, genitive Gibraltars or (optionally with an article) Gibraltar)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Derived terms
- Gibraltarsundet
Polish
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
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
- Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco)
Declension
Further reading
- Gibraltar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾawˈtaʁ/ [ʒi.bɾaʊ̯ˈtah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾawˈtaɾ/ [ʒi.bɾaʊ̯ˈtaɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾawˈtaʁ/ [ʒi.bɾaʊ̯ˈtaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾawˈtaɻ/ [ʒi.bɾaʊ̯ˈtaɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾalˈtaɾ/ [ʒi.βɾaɫˈtaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒi.bɾalˈta.ɾi/ [ʒi.βɾaɫˈta.ɾi]
Proper noun
Gibraltar m
- 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)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xibɾalˈtaɾ/ [xi.β̞ɾal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: Gi‧bral‧tar
Proper noun
Gibraltar m
- 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)
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
Turkmen
Proper noun
Gibraltar
- Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)