Definitions for iberiaaɪˈbɪər i ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

I•be•ri•aaɪˈbɪər i ə(n.)

  1. Also called Ibe′rian Penin′sula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.

    Category: Geography (places)

  2. an ancient region S of the Caucasus in what is now the Georgian Republic.

    Category: Ancient History, Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Iberia(noun)

    an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia

  2. Iberian Peninsula, Iberia(noun)

    a peninsula in southwestern Europe

Wiktionary

  1. Iberia(ProperNoun)

    Antic and Byzantine name of the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia.

  2. Origin: From Iberia, from Ἰβηρία, after the river Ἶβηρος, which itself came from a native Ibero-Celtic name for the river * (modern Ebro).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Iberia

    the ancient and still poetic name of Spain; anciently also a territory inhabited by an agricultural population between the Black Sea and the Caspian, now called Georgia.


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