JEBEL MUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jebel Musa mean? 

• JEBEL MUSA (noun)
  The noun JEBEL MUSA has 1 sense:

1. a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules

  Familiarity information: JEBEL MUSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEBEL MUSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Abila; Abyla; Jebel Musa

Instance hypernyms:

foreland; head; headland; promontory (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))

Holonyms ("Jebel Musa" is a part of...):

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Pillars of Hercules (the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules)