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GIBRALTARIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Gibraltar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Gibraltarian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Gibraltarian" is a member of...):

Calpe; Gibraltar; 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 Hercules)

Derivation:

Gibraltarian (of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants

Example:

Gibraltarian customs office

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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 Hercules)

Derivation:

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 Hercules)

Gibraltarian (a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar)

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