gibraltar
n. uncountablen. a small British territory located on a large rock at the southern tip of Spain. It is famous for its high cliffs and the wild monkeys that live there.
n. a British Overseas Territory and headland located on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Often used metonymically in political contexts to refer to the British administration or the strategic strait it overlooks.
Many tourists visit Gibraltar to see the famous Rock.
The strategic location of Gibraltar allows for the monitoring of all maritime traffic entering or leaving the Mediterranean Sea.
The sovereignty of Gibraltar remains a point of diplomatic contention between the United Kingdom and Spain, despite the territory's strong constitutional links to the British Crown.
From Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq, “Mount Tariq”), named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, starting in 711. Replaced earlier Latin Mons Calpe (“Mount Calpe”) for the land, and Columnae Herculis, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι (Hērákleiai stêlai, “Pillars of Hercules”), for the strait. The barangay in Baguio, Philippines is named by a German national "Jonathan Speth" after the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe. He lived and died in the barangay.
"Gibraltar" is the name of a line of tumblers made by glassware company Libbey. The drink was named in 2005, by Steve Ford at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco, after the glass in which its version was served.
As a proper noun, it is typically used without an article ('Gibraltar'), though the physical landmark is called 'the Rock of Gibraltar'.