Gibraltar

See also: Gíbraltar and Gibraltár

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)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ), -ɒltə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

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)

  1. (chiefly Canada, US); (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado

References

  1. 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
  2. The Story Behind The Gibraltar / Cortado rawpluscoffee

Catalan

Pronunciation

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): [ˈdʒɪbraltar]

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɪˈbrɑltɑr/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Gibraltar n

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.bʁal.taʁ/
  • (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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈbral.tar/, [ɡiˈbʁal.taʁ], [ɡɪ-], [-taɐ̯], /-tər/, [-tɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ɡi.bralˈtaːr/, [-ˈtaː(ɐ̯)] (rare)
  • (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

Proper noun

Gibraltar

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

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡibˈral.tar/
  • (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

adjective
nouns
  • Gibraltarczyk
  • Gibraltarka

Further reading

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

  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/ [xi.β̞ɾal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • 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)
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