Rock of Gibraltar

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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 HerculesCalpe, GibraltarEurope - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British IslesPillars of Hercules - the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by HerculesGibraltarian - a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar