Gibraltar 
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 • Syn: Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe • Derivationally related forms: Gibraltarian • Instance Hypernyms: colony, settlement, promontory, headland, head, foreland • Part Holonyms: Pillars of Hercules, Europe • Member Meronyms: Gibraltarian
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