American estimates of Truk 's defenses and its role as a stronghold of the Japanese Navy led Causation newspapers and military men to call Name_conferral it the `` Gibraltar of the Pacific '' , or to compare Statement it with Pearl Harbor .

although literally meaning `` unk '' or `` having too much heart '' , it could mean either `` pride '' or `` excess of courage '' ( compare the danish or german , which mean both `` hubris '' and `` recklessness '' ) .