Associations to the word «Calpe»
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Wiktionary
CALPE, proper noun. (obsolete) Original genus name of Calyptra.
Dictionary definition
CALPE, noun. Location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.