Associations to the word «Calpe»

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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley