Iberia
/aɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə/US/aɪˈbɪə̯ɹ.i.ə/
Iberia proper noun: a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
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Proper noun (1)
Iberia
- A peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
- Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
- A city and town in Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Ohio.
Proper noun (2)
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.
- Synonyms:
- Caucasian Iberia
Iberia meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Persian
Iberia in Tamil
- region south of the Pyrenees
- ஐபீரியா aipīriyā
Iberia in Marathi
- region south of the Pyrenees
- आय्बेरिया āyberiyā
Iberia in Persian
- region south of the Pyrenees
- ایبریا iberiyā
- ancient region of Georgia
- گرج gorj, gorj
Synonyms of Iberia
Forms of Iberia
| alternative form | Iveria |
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Origin of Iberia
From Latin Iberia, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after Ἴβηρος (Íbēros, “the river Ebro”). See Iberia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Alt: Iberia] From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría). Possibly from the same source as Old Armenian Վիրք (Virkʻ).
Words formed from Iberia
Phrases with Iberia
Words that rhyme with Iberia
- hysteria
- bacteria
- criteria
- washeteria
- apteria
- archaebacteria
- arteria
- asteria
- ceria
- corynebacteria
- cryptomeria
- cyanobacteria
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Questions about Iberia
- What does Iberia mean?
- Iberia means a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
- What is Iberia in Tamil?
- Iberia in Tamil is ஐபீரியா (aipīriyā). See Iberia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Iberia?
- Iberia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Iberia?
- Iberia is pronounced /aɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə/ (UK).
Words near Iberia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Iberia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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