Calpe

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calpe \Calpe\ n.
     the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the southern
     tip of Spain; associated with Britain.
  
     Syn: Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Calpe
       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: {Gibraltar}, {Rock of Gibraltar}]