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Meaning of Gibraltar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia.
  2. ; (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado
    Canada, US
  3. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar.
  4. A place in England:
  5. A hamlet in Kempston Rural parish, Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0046).
  6. A hamlet mostly in Dinton with Ford and Upton parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP7510).
  7. A hamlet in Hawkinge parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2039).
  8. A locality in Bletchingdon parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4818).
  9. A place in the United States:
  10. A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
  11. A ghost town in Union County, North Carolina.
  12. A census-designated place in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  13. An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
  14. A town in Door County, Wisconsin.
  15. A rural community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  16. A town in Zulia State, Venezuela.
  17. A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.

Equivalents

العربية جبل طارق
Čeština Gibraltar
Deutsch Gibraltar
Ελληνικά Γιβραλτάρ
Français Gibraltar
हिन्दी जिब्राल्टर
日本語 ジブラルタル
한국어 지브롤터
Polski Gibraltar
Português Gibraltar
Svenska Gibraltar
Türkçe Cebelitarık
Українська Гібралтар

Examples

“Two Gibraltars (decaf) at Kafka”
“At a recent meeting at Mint Plaza’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Maggiotto ordered a Gibraltar, a small, milky espresso drink.”
“I paid for my beans and sipped my perfectly-made Gibraltar as I walked down the street thinking about how I would now always order from his pizza company.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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