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Definition of Calpe
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.
Generic synonyms: Colony, Settlement, Foreland, Head, Headland, Promontory
Group relationships: Europe, Pillars Of Hercules
Member holonyms: Gibraltarian
Derivative terms: Gibraltarian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calpe
Literary usage of Calpe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"The three divisions met in safety at Port calpe, and, having gained wisdom by
the recent ... The army was detained at calpe several days; at At Port first, ..."
2. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1860)
"The three divisions met in safety at Port calpe, and, having gained wisdom by
the recent ... The army was detained at calpe several days; at At Port first, ..."
3. Works by Washington Irving (1896)
"THE gray summits of the rock of calpe brightened with the first rays of morning
as the Christian army issued forth from its encampment. ..."
4. Spanish Papers by Washington Irving (1883)
"HE gray summits of the rock of calpe brightened with the first rays of morning,
as the Christian army issued forth from its encampment. ..."
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