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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

Two earthen dams, the Iron Gate and the John C. Boyle, remain to be dismantled starting in May.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2024

Next year, he’ll be confronted with nearly 1000 hectares of bare ground stretching along 36 kilometers of the Klamath and its tributaries, after authorities remove Iron Gate and three other dams in California and Oregon.

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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