gibraltar(n = noun.location) calpe, rock of gibraltar - location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules;
is a kind of colony, settlement, foreland, head, headland, promontory
is a part of europe, pillars of hercules
Derived form adjective gibraltarian₁

1.  A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.  A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

gibraltar fever, rock of gibraltar, strait of gibraltar