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
Passing Lybia, Hercules came to the end of the Mediterranean Sea, Neptune's domain, and there set up two pillars—namely, Mounts Calpe and Abyla—on each side of the Straits of Gibraltar.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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