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Gibraltar

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

FrançaisGibraltar
DeutschGibraltar
PortuguêsGibraltar
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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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