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Gibraltar (IPA: /ʒɨˈbrɒltər/) is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north. Gibraltar has historically been an important base for the British Armed Forces and is the site of a Royal Navy base.

Trivia about gibraltar

  • Operation Felix, a planned 1941 Nazi action to seize this territory, was never carried out because Spain wouldn't go along
  • A mixture of English & Spanish, Llanito is the language of this territory's 30,000 residents
  • This rocky British crown colony is known as "Gib" for short
  • The flag of this British Crown colony has a castle denoting its strategic importance in the Mediterranean
  • It's the "rock" in Prudential's ads
  • At its narrowest point, this strait separates Europe from Africa by about 8 miles
  • Most of this small British dependency on ths Spanish coast is dominated by a big "rock"
  • Like a rock this dependency voted to remain solidly under British control
  • The name of this famed rock & the strait beneath it come from the name of a Berber slave
  • Ferdinand IV rocked! He conquered this rock in 1309
  • "The Rock" has been called the grande dame of local hotels on this small peninsula
  • For hundreds of years, the Barbary apes have rocked atop the world-famous Rock of this
  • 2 rocks known as the Pillars of Hercules flank the eastern end of this strait
  • This 2.25-square-mile area on the Iberian Peninsula belongs to the United Kingdom
  • Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain
  • The castle & key on the flag of this British dependency symbolize its strategic position on the Mediterranean
  • Franco wanted a piece of the rock when he demanded the return of this U.K. territory to Spain in the '60s
  • In Arabic this British territory on Spain's southern coast is called Gebel-al-Tarik (Hill of Tarik)
  • This word can refer to any impregnable standard, not just the famous rock
  • In 1830 this peninsula connected to southern Spain was made a British crown colony
  • The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since
  • This British dependency is one of the southernmost points on the Iberian Peninsula
  • 1971:25 new pence depicting a barbary ape
  • In 1704 the British captured this outpost from Spain & made it a crown colony; Spain has sought its return since
  • Cape Spartel, 6 miles west of Tangier, is the point where the Atlantic Ocean & this strait meet
  • Its name is from a jebal, or mount, named for Tariq ibn Zizad, the general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain
  • In 1967 this colony voted to reject Spanish rule & to remain rock solid under British sovereignty

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