/ English Dictionary

IBERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A peninsula in southwestern Europe

Synonyms:

Iberia; Iberian Peninsula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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)

Sense 2

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)

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