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Iberia (disambiguation)

Iberia (disambiguation)

Iberia, in its most common meaning, is the peninsula in southwestern Europe containing the countries of Spain and Portugal. In history, the same name was also used for an area in the Caucasus more or less identical with modern Georgia.

Derived from these two meanings, Iberia may also refer to:

Historical meanings

Caucasus

(Chronological)

  • Kingdom of Iberia (302 BC–580 AD), an ancient Georgian kingdom

  • Sasanian Iberia (523–626/627 AD), the eastern parts of Caucasian Georgia under direct Sasanian rule

  • Principality of Iberia (580-880 AD), a conventional term for an aristocratic regime in early medieval Caucasian Georgia that flourished between the sixth and ninth centuries

  • Bagratid Iberia (888-1008), Georgian monarchy concentrated on historical lands of Tao and Klarjeti

  • Theme of Iberia (c. 1000-1074 AD), an administrative and military unit of the Byzantine Empire carved out of several Georgian lands

Southwestern Europe

  • Prehistoric Iberia

  • Iberians, pre-Roman inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula

Places

  • Iberia, Minnesota, an unincorporated community

  • Iberia, Missouri, U.S., a city

  • Iberia, Ohio, U.S., a census-designated place

  • Iberia District, in the Peruvian province of Tahuamanu

  • Iberia Parish, Louisiana, U.S.

  • Iberian Peninsula, aka Iberia, in the southwest corner of Europe

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Iberia (Albéniz), a piano suite by Isaac Albéniz

  • Iberia (book), by James Michener

  • Ibéria, the second of three sections of Images pour orchestre, a musical composition by Claude Debussy

Sports

  • Deportes Iberia, a Chilean football club based in Los Ángeles

  • Iberia SC, a former Spanish football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon

Other uses

  • Iberia (airline), the largest Spanish airline (Iberia, Líneas Aéreas de España)

  • SS Iberia, two ships

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Iberia

  • Iberian (disambiguation)

References

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Sep 26, 2019, 9:10 AM