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Definition 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.
Exact synonyms: Calpe, Gibraltar
Generic synonyms: Colony, Settlement, Foreland, Head, Headland, Promontory
Group relationships: Europe, Pillars Of Hercules
Member holonyms: Gibraltarian
Derivative terms: Gibraltarian
Generic synonyms: Colony, Settlement, Foreland, Head, Headland, Promontory
Group relationships: Europe, Pillars Of Hercules
Member holonyms: Gibraltarian
Derivative terms: Gibraltarian