Iberia
English
Pronunciation
- (UK), IPA(key): /aɪˈbɪəɹ.i.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɪəriə
Etymology 1
From Latin Iberia, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after the river Ἴβηρος (Íbēros), which itself came from a native Celtiberian name for the river *Ibēr (modern Spanish Ebro).
Proper noun
Iberia
- The region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
- 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.
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- A particular Spanish airline.
- A city/town in Missouri.
- A CDP in Ohio.
Derived terms
Translations
region south of the Pyrenees
Etymology 2
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Iberia and Colchis
From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría). Possibly from the same source as Old Armenian Վիրք (Virkʿ).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Iberia
Synonyms
Translations
ancient region of Georgia
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈbɛrja/
- Hyphenation: I‧bè‧ria
Proper noun
Iberia f
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈbeː.ri.a/, [ɪˈbeː.ri.a]
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈbeɾja/, [iˈβeɾja]
Etymology 1
From Latin Iberia, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after the river Ἶβηρος (Îbēros), which itself came from a native Celtiberian name for the river *Ibēr (modern Ebro).
Related terms
- ibérico
- iberio
- ibero, íbero
- Iberoamérica
- Península Ibérica
See also
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