Calpe
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I am just off to the Calpe conference on Gibraltar’s Neanderthals.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2016
Its Roman name is Mons Calpe, Hollow Mountain, due to the caverns that honeycomb its limestone, many of them so deep that they were thought to mark the entrance to hell.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2014
The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula began when their general Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at Mons Calpe in 711, henceforth renamed Jebel Tariq — i.e.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2012
"It should be an agronomy revolution," Calpe, the FAO economist said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2011
To his satisfaction, however, it was found that the enemy had already dispersed, and the Greek column was overtaken on the way back to Calpe.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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