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GIBRALTAR

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updated Oct 3, 2008
posted by cliff-cliff

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Place names are not generally translated, and they don't generally mean anything in other languages. What does York mean In Spanish? What does Boston mean in Spanish? Those questions make no sense.

However, Gibraltar means "Tariq mountain" in Arabic, a name given by a Muslim commander called Tariq ibn Ziyad, who disembarked in Spain and initiated the Muslim Conquest in the 8th century. The name "Tariq", in Arabic, means to hit, to beat; from the same root you have "hammer" in Arabic.

Does that answer your question'

updated Oct 3, 2008
posted by lazarus1907
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that is it. Thanks? it is the name of a place

updated Oct 3, 2008
posted by cliff-cliff
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How about (at a minimum), What does "Gibraltar" mean in English.
P.S. it's a place name; does it need to mean something'

updated Oct 3, 2008
posted by samdie
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what does this words means in english

updated Oct 3, 2008
posted by cliff-cliff