and the STROG (STRait Of Gibraltar) in naval use.

Another Arabic name is Bab al-''maghrib'' , meaning "Gate of the West" or "Gate of the sunset", and furthermore "Gate of the Maghreb" or "Gate of Morocco". In the Middle Ages it was called in Arabic (?????? 'the Passage'), or (??? ?????? 'the passage sea') and by the Romans Fretum Gaditanum (Strait of Cádiz).