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Iberian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Native to Iberia.
2. Of or pertaining to Iberia.
   • The store clerk scribbles himself a to-do note and lifts the stylus back to the start of “¿Por qué lloras blanca niña?,” lowers the needle onto shimmering black vinyl, and dreams of Jewish shepherd boys plucking their lyres on starlit Iberian hillsides. 2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 119:

Forms

Deriveds

Iberian magpie · Iberian ribbed newt · Iberian America · Iberian wolf · Iberian lynx · Iberian ibex · Iberian desman

Translations (18)

af Iberies (Native to Iberia) · fr ibérique (Native to Iberia) · es ibero (Native to Iberia) · sv iberisk (Native to Iberia) · yi איבעריש (Native to Iberia) · fr ibère (Native to Iberia) · roa-opt espanhol (Native to Iberia) · ga Ibéarach (Native to Iberia) · nl Iberisch (Native to Iberia) · ca ibèric (Native to Iberia) · es ibérico (Native to Iberia) · gl ibérico (Native to Iberia) · de iberisch (Native to Iberia) · nb iberisk (Native to Iberia) · pl iberyjski (Native to Iberia) · it iberico (Native to Iberia) · pt ibérico (Native to Iberia) · nn iberisk (Native to Iberia)

Iberian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable) A native of modern-day Iberia (the European peninsula): a person native to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, or Gibraltar,.
2. (countable, historical, in-plural, uncountable) An ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BCE.
3. (countable) A Georgian (person from the country in Eurasia).

Forms

Deriveds

Celtiberian

Translations (15)

de Iberer (Native of Iberia) · it iberico (Native of Iberia) · gl ibérico (Native of Iberia) · de Ibererin (Native of Iberia) · ca iber (Native of Iberia) · pt ibero (Native of Iberia) · nl Iberiër (Native of Iberia) · pt ibérico (Native of Iberia) · af Iberiër (Native of Iberia) · fr ibère (Native of Iberia) · ga Ibéarach (Native of Iberia) · es ibero (Native of Iberia) · es íbero (Native of Iberia) · ga Ibéaraigh (Native of Iberia) · gl ibero (Native of Iberia)

Iberian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. An extinct language isolate that was spoken in the Iberian peninsula.
   • Whereas the presence of Etruscan [in southern France] was likely the result of Etruscan traders settling in the area relatively recently, Iberian appears to have been the prevalent language, at least in the southwesternmost parts of what is now the French Mediterranean coast. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 518:

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Iberian terms

Translations (8)

de Iberisch (an extinct language) · nl Iberisch (an extinct language) · ca ibèric (an extinct language) · gl ibero (an extinct language) · es íbero (an extinct language) · gl ibérico (an extinct language) · es ibérico (an extinct language) · es ibero (an extinct language)

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