Iberia

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
• A particular Spanish airline.
• city/and/town Missouri (state).
• census-designated place Ohio (state).
• 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.

Related

Similar words

• Caucasian Iberia

Origin

• From Latin Iberia, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία, after the river Ἴβηρος, which itself came from a native Celtiberian name for the river *Ibēr (modern Spanish Ebro).
• From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία. Possibly from the same source as Old Armenian Վիրք.