Iberia
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I·be·ri·a
(ī-bîr′ē-ə)1. An ancient region of Transcaucasia roughly equivalent to the present-day Republic of Georgia. Iberia was allied to Rome and later ruled by a Persian dynasty. It became a Byzantine province in the sixth century ad.
2. See Iberian Peninsula.
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Iberia
(aɪˈbɪərɪə)n
1. (Placename) the Iberian Peninsula
2. (Placename) an ancient region in central Asia, south of the Caucasus corresponding approximately to present-day Georgia
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I•be•ri•a
(aɪˈbɪər i ə)n.
1. Also called Ibe′rian Penin′sula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
2. an ancient region S of the Caucasus in what is now the Georgian Republic.
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| Noun | 1. | Iberia - an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia Iberian - a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus |
| 2. |  Iberia - a peninsula in southwestern Europe 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 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 Iberian - a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times) |
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