Iberia

I·be·ri·a  (-bîr-)

1. An ancient region of Transcaucasia roughly equivalent to the present-day Republic of Georgia. Iberia was allied to Rome and later ruled by a Persian dynasty. It became a Byzantine province in the sixth century a.d.

2. See Iberian Peninsula.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Iberia - an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia Iberian - a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus
	2.	Iberia - a peninsula in southwestern Europe   Iberian Peninsula 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 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 Iberian - a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)