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Iron Gate

American  
Or Iron Gates

noun

  1. a gorge cut by the Danube through the Carpathian Mountains, between Yugoslavia and SW Romania. 2 miles (3.2 km) long.


Iron Gate British  

noun

  1. Romanian name: Porţile de Fier. a gorge of the River Danube on the border between Romania and Serbia. Length: 3 km (2 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Thrivemind Village in Iron Gate has partnered with a number of organisations and is urging people to donate extra items so they do not end up in landfill.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

Standing on a bluff overlooking Iron Gate Dam, Hillman watched the turbid, chocolate-colored water flowing from a tunnel and passing downriver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

Standing on an outcrop of volcanic rock, Joshua Chenoweth looks across the languid waters of California’s Iron Gate Reservoir and imagines the transformation in store for the landscape.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023

During a visit in August, Bransom stood on a rocky bluff overlooking Iron Gate Dam, where crews were working on a water drainage tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

"Away from here. Away from the fires. Go out the Iron Gate, I suppose.. North somewhere, anywhere."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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