a town of Andalusia in Spain, with a port on the coast of the Straits of Gibraltar. By this city the Moors entered Spain in 713; and it was taken from them in 1344, after a very long siege, remarkable for being the first in which cannon were made use of. It was called Old Gibraltar, and is about four leagues from the New. W. Long. \(5^\circ 2'\). N. Lat. \(36^\circ\).