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  • proper noun Nickname of Gibraltar.
  • proper noun Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
  • proper noun Canada Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Used to refer to Gibraltar, it is a shortened form of the Rock of Gibraltar.

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