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IBERIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Iberian mean?
• IBERIAN (noun)
The noun IBERIAN has 2 senses:
1. a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus
2. a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
Familiarity information: IBERIAN used as a noun is rare.
• IBERIAN (adjective)
The adjective IBERIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants
Familiarity information: IBERIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Iberian" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Holonyms ("Iberian" is a member of...):
Iberia (an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Iberian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Iberian" is a member of...):
Iberia; Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in southwestern Europe)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Iberia (a peninsula in southwestern Europe)
Derivation:
Iberia (a peninsula in southwestern Europe)
Context examples
There are no precedents for these kinds of social practices in the Iberian Peninsula and they are unique to the Balearic Islands.
(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)
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