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Iberia

/iˈbeɾja/

proper noun/iˈbeɾja/

Iberia, the Iberian peninsula (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar)

Related: Iberia asiática, Iberia caucásica, Iberia del Este

Borrowed from Latin Ibēria, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after the river Ἶβηρος (Îbēros), which itself came from Celtiberian *Ibēr, native name for the river (modern Ebro).

proper noun/iˈbeɾja/

(historical) Iberia, Kingdom of Iberia (an antique and Byzantine name for the geographic region and ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia)

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