Iberia

See also: Ibéria, Ibèria, and iberia

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈbɪəɹ.i.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /aɪˈbɪəɹ.i.ə/, /aɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə, -ɪɹiə

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).

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Proper noun

Iberia

  1. 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.
  2. A city and town in Missouri.
  3. A census-designated place in Ohio.
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Etymology 2

Iberia and Colchis

From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría). Possibly from the same source as Old Armenian Վիրք (Virkʿ).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Iberia

  1. (historical) Antique and Byzantine name for the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia.
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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiberiɑ/, [ˈibe̞ˌriɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): I‧be‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

From Latin Iberia.

Proper noun

Iberia

  1. (geography) Iberia, the Iberian peninsula
Declension
Inflection of Iberia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Iberia Iberiat
genitive Iberian Iberioiden
Iberioitten
partitive Iberiaa Iberioita
illative Iberiaan Iberioihin
singular plural
nominative Iberia Iberiat
accusative nom. Iberia Iberiat
gen. Iberian
genitive Iberian Iberioiden
Iberioitten
Iberiainrare
partitive Iberiaa Iberioita
inessive Iberiassa Iberioissa
elative Iberiasta Iberioista
illative Iberiaan Iberioihin
adessive Iberialla Iberioilla
ablative Iberialta Iberioilta
allative Iberialle Iberioille
essive Iberiana Iberioina
translative Iberiaksi Iberioiksi
instructive Iberioin
abessive Iberiatta Iberioitta
comitative Iberioineen
Possessive forms of Iberia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Iberiani Iberiamme
2nd person Iberiasi Iberianne
3rd person Iberiansa

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría).

Proper noun

Iberia

  1. (historical) Iberia, the kingdom of Kartli
Declension
Inflection of Iberia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Iberia Iberiat
genitive Iberian Iberioiden
Iberioitten
partitive Iberiaa Iberioita
illative Iberiaan Iberioihin
singular plural
nominative Iberia Iberiat
accusative nom. Iberia Iberiat
gen. Iberian
genitive Iberian Iberioiden
Iberioitten
Iberiainrare
partitive Iberiaa Iberioita
inessive Iberiassa Iberioissa
elative Iberiasta Iberioista
illative Iberiaan Iberioihin
adessive Iberialla Iberioilla
ablative Iberialta Iberioilta
allative Iberialle Iberioille
essive Iberiana Iberioina
translative Iberiaksi Iberioiksi
instructive Iberioin
abessive Iberiatta Iberioitta
comitative Iberioineen
Possessive forms of Iberia (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Iberiani Iberiamme
2nd person Iberiasi Iberianne
3rd person Iberiansa
Synonyms
  • Itäinen Iberia
  • Kaukasian Iberia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈbɛ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrja
  • Hyphenation: I‧bè‧ria

Proper noun

Iberia f

  1. Iberia (European peninsula, consisting of Portugal and Spain)
  2. Iberia (Caucasian Iberia)

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ibēria f sg (genitive Ibēriae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of Hibēria

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ibēria
Genitive Ibēriae
Dative Ibēriae
Accusative Ibēriam
Ablative Ibēriā
Vocative Ibēria
Locative Ibēriae

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈbeɾja/ [iˈβ̞e.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -eɾja
  • Syllabification: I‧be‧ria

Etymology 1

From Latin Ibēria, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after the river Ἶβηρος (Îbēros), which itself came from Celtiberian *Ibēr, native name for the river (modern Ebro).

Proper noun

Iberia f

  1. Iberia (European peninsula, consisting of Portugal and Spain)
Derived terms

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Proper noun

Iberia f

  1. Iberia (Caucasian Iberia)
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