IBERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iberia mean? 

• IBERIA (noun)
  The noun IBERIA has 2 senses:

1. an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia

2. a peninsula in southwestern Europe

  Familiarity information: IBERIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IBERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (members of "Iberia"):

Iberian (a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A peninsula in southwestern Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Iberia; Iberian Peninsula

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Iberia"):

Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))

Andorra; Principality of Andorra (a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France)

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

Meronyms (members of "Iberia"):

Iberian (a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times))

Holonyms ("Iberia" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Derivation:

Iberian (of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants)

 Context examples 

High silken pavilions or colored marquees, shooting up from among the crowd of meaner dwellings, marked where the great lords and barons of Leon and Castile displayed their standards, while over the white roofs, as far as eye could reach, the waving of ancients, pavons, pensils, and banderoles, with flash of gold and glow of colors, proclaimed that all the chivalry of Iberia were mustered in the plain beneath them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)