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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Gi·bral·tar /ʤəˈbrɔltɚ/
 直布羅陀,冰砂糖

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gi·bral·tar n.
 1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.
 2.  A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Gibraltar
      n : 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
          [syn: Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe]