GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF

Meaning of GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF in English

Function: geographical name

channel bet. Spain & Africa connecting the Atlantic & Mediterranean ab 8 mi (12.8 km ) wide at narrowest point

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF — geographical name channel between Spain & Africa connecting the Atlantic & Mediterranean about 8 miles (12.8 kilometers ) wide at …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF — ancient Fretum Herculeum Channel, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. Lying between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost Africa, it …
Английский словарь Британика
GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF — channel between Spain & Africa connecting the Atlantic & Mediterranean about 8 miles (12.8 kilometers ) wide at narrowest point
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF — Latin Fretum Herculeum, channel connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, lying between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost Africa. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
GIBRALTAR, STRAIT OF — ancient Fretum Herculeum Channel, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean. Lying between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost Africa, it …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GIBRALTAR — County: Lincolnshire Post Code: PE24
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
GIBRALTAR — GI
Internet Domains English vocabulary
STRAIT — a. strett; n. strette; desfacilitá
English interlingue dictionary
STRAIT — hiktin
English-Visayan vocabulary
GIBRALTAR — I. noun Etymology: ~, fortress in the British colony of ~ Date: 1776 an impregnable stronghold, II. geographical name town …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRAIT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bass Strait Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of …
Английский словарь Британика
GIBRALTAR — British colony, Mediterranean coast of southern Spain. Area: 2.25 sq mi (5.8 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 27,700. The site …
Английский словарь Британика
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streit, strait, straight, from Old French estreit, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIBRALTAR — I. jə̇ˈbrȯltə(r) adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Gibraltar, British fortified colony on the Rock of Gibraltar in the south …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIBRALTAR — (n.) A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock.
Английский словарь Webster
GIBRALTAR — (n.) A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable …
Английский словарь Webster
STRAIT — ( a. ) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT — — straitly , adv. — straitness , n. /strayt/ , n. 1. Often, straits . ( used with a sing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIBRALTAR — — Gibraltarian /ji brawl tair"ee euhn, jib'rawl-/ , adj. , n. /ji brawl"teuhr/ , n. 1. a British crown colony …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIBRALTAR — n. British crown colony situated on the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar; narrow rocky peninsula at the southern …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estreit, from Latin strictus strait, strict, from past participle of stringere Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIBRALTAR — I. jə-ˈbrȯl-tər noun Etymology: Gibraltar, fortress in the British colony of Gibraltar Date: 1776 : an impregnable stronghold II. jə-ˈbrȯl-tər …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIT — adj a variant of straight. 2. strait ·superl narrow; not broad. 3. strait ·adv strictly; rigorously. 4. strait ·adj a …
Webster English vocab
GIBRALTAR — add. ·noun a kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; called, in full, gibraltar rock. 2. gibraltar …
Webster English vocab
STRAIT — [strait] adj [ME, fr. OF estreit, fr. L strictus strait, strict, fr. pp. of stringere] (13c) 1 archaic: strict, rigorous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIBRALTAR — [Gi.bral.tar] n [Gibraltar, fortress in the Brit. colony of Gibraltar] (1856): an impregnable stronghold
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIBRALTAR — British colony occupying a narrow peninsula of Spain's southern Mediterranean coast, just northeast of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAIT — strait BrE AmE streɪt ▷ straits streɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GIBRALTAR — Gibraltar BrE AmE dʒɪ ˈbrɔːlt ə dʒə-, -ˈbrɒlt- AmE \ - ə r -ˈbrɑːlt-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRAIT — / streɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ pl. ] (also straits ) (especially in the names of places) a narrow …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — strait /streɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: strait 'narrow' (13-20 centuries) , from Old French estreit …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIBRALTAR — Gi ‧ bral ‧ tar /dʒəˈbrɔːltəʳ, dʒɪˈbrɔːltəʳ/ BrE AmE a town and port on the Rock of Gibraltar on the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIT — n. & adj. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. & adj. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Oxford English vocab
STRAIT — ( straits) 1. You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE desperate ▪ Without papal assistance, crown finances would have been in even more desperate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIBRALTAR — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES the Rock of Gibraltar
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIT — [noun] [C usually plural] - a narrow area of sea which connects two larger areas of seaThe Straits of GibraltarThe …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIT — n. Bass Strait Belle Isle Strait of Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of Euripus …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GIBRALTAR — n. British colony, Mediterranean coast of southern Spain. Area: 2.25 sq mi (5.8 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 27,700. The …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GIBRALTAR — Classification: City Located in: Michigan (MI) Total Population (2000): 4264 Total Housing Units (2000): 1791 Land Area (square meters): 9957287 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
STRAIT — noun 1 narrow piece of water connecting seas, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow VERB + STRAIT ▪ go through , pass …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. 25B6; noun a strait about six miles wide : CHANNEL, sound, inlet, stretch of water. the company is in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIBRALTAR — a large rock at the western end of the Mediterranean Sea, connected to the south coast of Spain. There is …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
STRAIT — laced adj. priggish, prim, conservative, old-fashioned, Victorian, old-maidish, proper, prudish, puritanical, moralistic, strict, narrow-minded, (over-)scrupulous, fussy, Colloq pernickety or US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait ≈ в отчаянном положении …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GIBRALTAR — Гибралтар
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GIBRALTAR — сущ. Гибралтар
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GIBRALTAR — Гибралтар
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — strait.ogg _I 1. streıt n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GIBRALTAR — _n. Гибралтар
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GIBRALTAR — гибралтар
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GIBRALTAR — сущ.Гибралтар (владение Великобритании на Юге Пиренейского п-ова)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GIBRALTAR — (n) Гибралтар
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STRAIT — I 1. [streıt] n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of Dover …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STRAIT — _I 1. streıt n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of Dover …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GIBRALTAR — n. Гибралтар [геогр.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GIBRALTAR — n. Гибралтар [геогр.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив the Straits of Gibraltar — Гибралтарский пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GIBRALTAR — сущ. ; геогр. 1) Гибралтар ( город и порт на юге Пиренейского п-ва; владение Великобритании ) 2) = Rock of …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив the Straits of Gibraltar — Гибралтарский пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GIBRALTAR — сущ.; геогр. 1) Гибралтар (город и порт на юге Пиренейского п-ва; владение Великобритании) 2) - Rock of Gibraltar мыс Гибралтар (южная оконечность …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STRAIT — - pelvic strait
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
STRAIT — - pelvic strait
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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