Standard Lemma guide

Iberian

adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪəɹiən
  • CMU ARPABET: AY0 B IH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Native to Iberia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to Iberia.

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name

Meaning 3

An extinct language isolate that was spoken in the Iberian peninsula.

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noun

Meaning 4

A native of modern-day Iberia (the European peninsula): a person native to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, or Gibraltar,.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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noun

Meaning 5

An ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BCE.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, in-plural, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

A Georgian (person from the country in Eurasia).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: European

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noun

Meaning 9

a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Iberia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Iberian From Iberia + -an.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Iberies — Native to Iberia
  • Catalan: ibèric — Native to Iberia
  • Dutch: Iberisch — Native to Iberia
  • French: ibérique — Native to Iberia
  • French: ibère — Native to Iberia
  • Galician: ibérico — Native to Iberia
  • German: iberisch — Native to Iberia
  • Irish: Ibéarach — Native to Iberia
  • Italian: iberico — Native to Iberia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: iberisk — Native to Iberia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: iberisk — Native to Iberia
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: espanhol — Native to Iberia
  • Polish: iberyjski — Native to Iberia
  • Portuguese: ibérico — Native to Iberia
  • Spanish: ibérico — Native to Iberia
  • Spanish: ibero — Native to Iberia
  • Swedish: iberisk — Native to Iberia
  • Yiddish: איבעריש (iberish) — Native to Iberia
  • Catalan: ibèric — an extinct language
  • Dutch: Iberisch — an extinct language
  • Galician: ibero — an extinct language
  • Galician: ibérico — an extinct language
  • German: Iberisch — an extinct language
  • Spanish: ibérico — an extinct language
  • Spanish: ibero — an extinct language
  • Spanish: íbero — an extinct language
  • Afrikaans: Iberiër — Native of Iberia
  • Catalan: iber — Native of Iberia
  • Dutch: Iberiër — Native of Iberia
  • French: ibère — Native of Iberia
  • Galician: ibérico — Native of Iberia
  • Galician: ibero — Native of Iberia
  • German: Iberer — Native of Iberia
  • German: Ibererin — Native of Iberia
  • Irish: Ibéarach — Native of Iberia
  • Irish: Ibéaraigh — Native of Iberia
  • Italian: iberico — Native of Iberia
  • Portuguese: ibérico — Native of Iberia
  • Portuguese: ibero — Native of Iberia
  • Spanish: ibero — Native of Iberia
  • Spanish: íbero — Native of Iberia
Real reading context

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