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Iberian

Iberian refers to Iberia, which has two basic meanings, the disused, of Caucasian Iberia (corresponding roughly to modern-day Georgia), and the modern sense of someone or something originating in the Iberian Peninsula, namely from Portugal and Spain. It may refer to:

Iberian Peninsula

South-Western Iberian Bronze, Bronze Age culture of southern Portugal and nearby areas of Spain
Iberians, one of the ancient Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (should not be confused with the Celtiberians)
Iberian language, the language of the ancient Iberians
Iberian scripts, the writing scripts of the ancient Iberians
Northeastern Iberian script
Southeastern Iberian script
Greco–Iberian alphabet
Basque and Iberian deities
Iberian weapons
Iberian Union, a personal union between the crowns of Spain and Portugal from 1580–1640

Other

Iberian horse, collective name of horse breeds native to the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian lynx, a critically endangered lynx native to the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian wolf, a subspecies of Grey wolf inhabiting northern Portugal and northwestern Spain
Iberian gauge, the rail gauge used in Spain and Portugal

Caucasian Iberia

Caucasian Iberians, Greco-Roman designation for Georgians
Iberian War, fought from 526 to 532 CE between the Eastern Roman Empire and Sassanid Empire over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia

Source: Wikipedia

Translation of "Iberian"

Spanish: Ibero (desambiguación).


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