Definition of Iberia

1. Noun. An ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia.


2. Noun. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
Exact synonyms: Iberian Peninsula
Terms within: Portugal, Portuguese Republic, Andorra, Principality Of Andorra, Espana, Kingdom Of Spain, Spain
Group relationships: Europe
Generic synonyms: Peninsula
Member holonyms: Iberian
Derivative terms: Iberian

Definition of Iberia

1. Proper noun. The region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. ¹

2. Proper noun. (historical) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iberia

Iamblichus
Ian
Ian Douglas Smith
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming
Ian Smith
Ian Wilmut
Ianson
Iapetian
Iapetus
Iaponia
Ibada
Ibadan
Ibaraki
Ibaraki virus
Iberia (current term)
Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Sea
Iberian lynx
Iberian lynxes
Iberians
Iberis
Ibero-mesornis
Iberomaurusian
Ibert
Ibibio
Ibis ibis
Ibiza
Ibizan

Literary usage of Iberia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"The country of Iberia was barren, its inhabitants rude and savage. But they were accustomed to the use of arms, and they separated from the empire ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1802)
"The country of Iberia was iberia, barren, its inhabitants rude and ... The nomination of the kings of Iberia, which was ..."

3. History of the Fifty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers by John Farwell Moors (1893)
"New Iberia.— I have already said that, in our hurried march up the Teche, on our arrival at New ... Our duties while at New Iberia were not very arduous. ..."

4. A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1871)
"Lucullus and Pompey first carried the Roman arms into Iberia. Eutropius says that the King of Iberia paid homage to Trajan, who at the saine time gave a ..."

5. Universal History Americanised, Or, An Historical View of the World from the by David Ramsay (1819)
"Iberia. Iberia, now distinguished by the name of Georgia, was bounded on the north by Mount Caucasus; on the east by Albania; on the south by Armenia; ..."

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