Ĝibraltaro

Esperanto

Etymology

From English Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq, literally “Mountain of Tariq”), who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania starting in 711.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒibralˈtaro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: Ĝi‧bral‧ta‧ro

Proper noun

Ĝibraltaro (accusative Ĝibraltaron)

  1. Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)
    Holonym: Unuiĝinta Reĝlando
  2. Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Ĝibraltara Markolo)

See also

Hispanio
Mediteraneo
Ĝibraltara Markolo
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