جبل طارق

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “mountain of Tariq”, named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.bal tˤaː.riq/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.bal tˤaː.riɡ/

Proper noun

جَبَل طَارِق‎ • (jabal ṭāriq) m

Gibraltar (a peninsula and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Declension

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Derived terms

مَضِيق جَبَل طَارِق‎ (maḍīq jabal ṭāriq, “Strait of Gibraltar”)

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