gibraltar

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English - Turkish
Cebelitarık

Cebelitarık'ta en düşük maaş nedir? - What's the minimum salary in Gibraltar?

Cebelitarık bir ülke mi? - Is Gibraltar a country?

(isim) Cebelitarık

Related Terms

Strait of Gibraltar
Cebelitarık Boğazı
Rock of Gibraltar
cebelitarık kalesi
Rock of Gibraltar
cebelitarık dağı
straits of gibraltar
cebelitarık boğazı
English - English
An overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of Iberia
A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco
{i} British crown colony situated on the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar; narrow rocky peninsula at the southern tip of Spain; impregnable stronghold
a town and port on the Rock of Gibraltar on the southern coast of Spain. It has belonged to the UK since 1713, but the Spanish government would like it to belong to Spain. British colony, Mediterranean coast of southern Spain. Area: 2.25 sq mi (5.8 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 27,700. The site of a British air and naval base that guards the Strait of Gibraltar, it occupies a narrow peninsula 3 mi (5 km) long and 0.75 mi (1.2 km) wide, known as the Rock. It appears from the east as a series of sheer, inaccessible cliffs, which makes it strategically important. The Moors held Gibraltar from 711 to 1501, when it was annexed by Spain. Captured by the British in 1704, it became a British crown colony in 1830. It was an important port in World Wars I and II. The sovereignty of the territory has remained a source of constant friction between the United Kingdom and Spain, though residents voted in 1967 to remain part of Britain. Spain lifted its border blockade in the mid-1980s. Perhaps its most famous residents are the Barbary macaques, who occupy many of Gibraltar's caves and are Europe's only free-living monkeys
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
A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold
A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; called, in full, Gibraltar rock

Related Terms

Strait of Gibraltar
A strait between Spain and Morocco, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Rock of Gibraltar
narrow rocky peninsula at the southern tip of Spain that has been under British control since 1704
Rock of Gibraltar
a narrow mountain area on a peninsula (=piece of land surrounded on three sides by water) in the south of Spain, at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. The state of Gibraltar is there. British people sometimes use the phrase "like the Rock of Gibraltar" to talk about something that is so solid and permanent that it will never break or be destroyed
Strait of Gibraltar
{i} narrow sea passage between Spain and Morocco which links the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
ancient Fretum Herculeum Channel, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. Lying between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost Africa, it is 36 mi (58 km) long and narrows to 8 mi (13 km) between Point Marroquí (Spain) and Point Cires (Morocco). At the strait's eastern extreme, 14 mi (23 km) apart, stand the Pillars of Hercules, which have been identified as the Rock of Gibraltar and Jebel Musa in Ceuta. It has long been of great strategic and economic importance
strait of gibraltar
the strait between Spain and Africa
gibraltar

    Hyphenation

    Gi·bral·tar

    Turkish pronunciation

    cîbrôltır

    Pronunciation

    /ʤəˈbrôltər/ /ʤɪˈbrɔːltɜr/

    Etymology

    () From the Arabic جبل طارق (Jabal Ţāriq), meaning Mountain of Tariq, who lead the Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Umayyad conquest of Hispania]], starting in 711. Replaced earlier Latin Mons Calpe (“Mount Calpe”) for the land, and Ancient Greek Ηράκλειες Στήλε (“Pillars of Hercules|Pillars of Hercules]]”) (Latin Columnae Herculis) for the strait.
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