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Type Political Subdivision & Settlement
Scripts Гибралтар(Bulgarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian Cyrillic, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Uzbek) גיברלטר(Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Derived from Arabic جبل طارق (jabal tariq) meaning "mountain of Tariq", so named for 7th-century Umayyad commander Tariq bin Ziyad, who led the Muslim conquest of Hispania. This is the name of a British overseas territory and city at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
Added 3/21/2024 by anonymous
Edited 2/15/2025 by Beautiful Victory


See Also

User submissions Gíbraltar, Gibraltár