I. īˈbirēən noun
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Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Iberia, ancient region of the Caucasus approximately equivalent to modern Georgia (from Latin Iberia, Hiberia, from Greek Ibēria ) + English -an
: a member of one or more peoples anciently inhabiting the Caucasus in Asia between the Black and Caspian seas in the approximate region of the Soviet republic of Georgia and prob. being the ancestors of the Kartvelians
II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Asiatic Iberia, its inhabitants, or their language : georgian
III. ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Iberia, peninsula in southwestern Europe that contains Spain and Portugal (from Latin Iberia, Hiberia, from Greek Ibēria ) + English -an
1.
a. : a member of one or more Caucasoid peoples anciently inhabiting the peninsula comprising Spain and Portugal and the Basque region about the Pyrenees, prob. being related in origin to the Mauretanians and other peoples of the northern part of Africa and early known to the Greeks and later conquered by the Romans, being short and dark and dolichocephalic, and being prob. the builders of the neolithic stone structures (as cairns, dolmens) found especially in Spain and in the northern part of Africa and in France and Great Britain
b. : a native or inhabitant of Spain or Portugal or the Basque region about the Pyrenees
2. : one or more of the languages natively spoken by the ancient Iberians
IV. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Iberian peninsula, its inhabitants, or their language
tragedy and death are indeed recurrent themes in Iberian art — George Woodcock