Ibéria

See also: Iberia and Ibèria

Galician

Proper noun

Ibéria f

1. reintegrationist spelling of Iberia: Iberia (a peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbɛ.ɾjɐ/ [iˈβɛ.ɾjɐ]

• Hyphenation: I‧bé‧ri‧a

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). Cognate with Galician and Spanish Iberia, Catalan Ibèria.

Proper noun

Ibéria f

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

Related terms

• ibérico

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ibéria f

1. (historical) Iberia, Caucasian 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)