JEBEL

TileHead’s Word of the Day for 29 June 2011

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JEBEL  (n. pl. -S)

Definition(s):

1. (n.) a mountain or hill, often used in place names

Useful information for game players:

• Front hooks: D-
• Back hooks: -S
• Anagrams: (none)
• Longer extensions: (none)
• Wraparounds: DjebelS
• Other Spellings: DJEBEL (n. pl. -S)
• Related Forms: (none)

Epilogue:
You rock if you knew that Gibraltar, situated on a peninsula just south of Spain, owes its name to this word of Arabic origin.  Originally known as Calpe in the ancient world, the territory was renamed Jebel Tariq (“mountain of Tariq”) following its capture by the Moorish conqueror Tariq ibn-Ziyad c. 710 A.D.  The modern English name Gibraltar is simply an altered version of this honorific title.

This week’s theme: Words starting with the letter J

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