Iberia

[ ahy-beer-ee-uh ]

noun

1. Also called I·be·ri·an Pen·in·su·la [ahy-, beer, -ee-, uh, n p, uh, -, nin, -s, uh, -l, uh, -, nins, -y, uh, -l, uh]. a peninsula in southwest Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
2. an ancient region south of the Caucasus in the Georgian Republic.

Iberia

/ aɪˈbɪərɪə /

noun

1. the Iberian Peninsula
2. an ancient region in central Asia, south of the Caucasus corresponding approximately to present-day Georgia

Example Sentences

The Medfly, ceratitis capitata, had eaten its way through Iberia at the turn of the century, and in 1910 managed to reach Hawaii.

From Los Angeles Times

“What we saw in the north of France was really the beginning of a transformation in Western Europe, where people with steppe ancestry met people moving up from Iberia,” Geigl says.

From Science Magazine

A native of New Iberia and a graduate of Westgate High School, he spent three years with LSU as a wide receiver, appearing in 27 games with 21 starts.

From Seattle Times

We now know that it began to arrive in Iberia as early as the 4th millennium BC, and that it gradually replaced Peninsular and Sicilian amber.

From Science Daily

The organization proposed by the researchers does not imply that violence was a foreign element to Chalcolithic Iberia.

From Science Daily