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- proper noun
Nickname ofGibraltar . - proper noun Nickname of the
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Newfoundland in the Canadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador .
Etymologies
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Used to refer to Gibraltar, it is a shortened form of the Rock of Gibraltar.
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