Calpe


ancient name of the Rock of Gibraltar.
Historical Examples

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant
The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3) Strabo
The Rulers of the Mediterranean Richard Harding Davis
The Overland Guide-book James Barber
The Blind Mother and The Last Confession Hall Caine
The Blind Mother and The Last Confession Hall Caine
Ulysses James Joyce
The Mediterranean T. G. (Thomas Gray) Bonney, E. A. R. Ball, H. D. Traill, Grant Allen, and Arthur Griffiths
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete John Lothrop Motley

noun
the ancient name for (the Rock of) Gibraltar

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