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Gibraltar

rock and strait between Spain and Morocco (a British territory)peñón y estrecho entre España y Marruecos (territorio británico)

Comes from Arabic

جَبَل طَارِق

jabal ṭāriq

“the mountain of Ṭāriq”«el monte de Ṭāriq»

Arabic today says

جَبَل طَارِق

jabal ṭāriq

And it still does

Root

ج ب ل

j-b-l

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

It bears the name of Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, who landed there in 711 and began the conquest of the Peninsula. Jabal ("mountain") gave Gibr-.Lleva el nombre de Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, que desembarcó allí en 711 e inició la conquista de la Península. Jabal («monte») dio Gibr-.

In a sentence

Desde Gibraltar se ve la costa de África.

From Gibraltar you can see the coast of Africa.

مِن جَبَل طَارِق يُرَى سَاحِل إِفْرِيقْيَا.

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