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Gibraltar1590s, ancient Calpe, captured 710 C.E. by Saracen leader Tariq, renamed Jebel el Tarik "the Mountain of Tarik," hence the English name. A British possession since 1704. Figurative of impreg [..]
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GibraltarBritain's smallest colony and a continuing cause of contention with Spain
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Gibraltargibralter
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GibraltarOn 6 March 1988 three members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) were killed by undercover members of the Special Air Service (SAS) in Gibraltar. Controversy later arose when it was discovered that the three were unarmed and did not have any explosives as originally suggested by the British government.
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Gibraltar(n) 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 [..]
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Gibraltar
An overseas territory of the United Kingdom at the southern end of Iberia.
A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco.
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