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PILLARS OF HERCULES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Pillars of Hercules"):
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)
Abila; Abyla; Jebel Musa (a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules)
Holonyms ("Pillars of Hercules" is a part of...):
Strait of Gibraltar (the strait between Spain and Africa)
