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Definition of: Gibraltar
(ji·brôl′tər)
A British crown colony, fortress, and naval base on the southern coast of Spain: called Key of the Mediterranean and identified with one of the Pillars of Hercules; 2 1/4 square miles, including the Rock of Gibraltar (ancient Calpe: also the Rock) 1,396 feet high, and dominating the Strait of Gibraltar, the passage between Spain and Africa at the western end of the Mediterranean.
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