iberian
/ˌaɪˈbɪə.ɹi.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Iberia.
noun
A native of modern-day Iberia (the European peninsula): a person native to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, or Gibraltar,.
Countable
noun
An ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BCE.
Countable; Uncountable
name
An extinct language isolate that was spoken in the Iberian peninsula.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
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.
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Phrases
Iberian America
Iberian desman
Iberian ibex
Iberian lynx
Iberian magpie
Iberian ribbed newt
Iberian wolf
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Frequently Paired Words
Wiktionary’s coverage of Iberian terms