[
US
/dʒɪˈbɹɔɫtɝ/
]
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
How To Use Gibraltar In A Sentence
- Spain blockaded Gibraltar for most of the last third of the 20th century (they gave up in 1984) and when the Blair government in Britain negotiated a co-dominium with Spain in 2002, but the locals had to be consulted, and the referendum rejected the proposal by 17,900 to 187. Eric Lurio: Thoughts on a Gibraltar Street Fair
- Azel is a young man in Tangier who dreams of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. BookBrowse Previews April Books
- Gibraltar has had to set up special holding zones for cars and pedestrians stuck in stifling heat. The Sun
- This money was then funneled through a series of bank accounts in Gibraltar, Switzerland and Monaco, all controlled by a London lawyer who had performed no work for the project.
- Between 1621 and 1623, three new armadas were established in Flanders, Galicia and Gibraltar to support those in Cadiz and Lisbon.
- The song explains a lot about the situation here in Cadiz, in southern Spain just north of Gibraltar.
- COPS in Gibraltar are hunting a yacht owner over the disappearance of a British expat mum. The Sun
- The ship called at Gibraltar to coal.
- The mountain was thenceforth known as Gibel-Tarik, the mountain of Tarik, or Gibraltar.
- Legitimate businesses and banks should be begging governments to get rid of tax havens and so-called fiscal paradises like the Caymans, Gibraltar, etc.
