Iberian
[ai'biəriən]
Definition
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times).
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus.
(adj.) of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Iberia.
Checker: Wayne
Definition
adj. Spanish.—n. one of the primitive inhabitants of Spain of whom some think the Basques a remnant.
Checker: Thelma
Examples
- The modern Portuguese are also largely of Iberian blood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The opposite school would treat the alleged Alpine race simply as a number of local brachycephalic varieties of Nordic or Iberian peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Iberian peoples were the Neolithic people of the long barrows, and seem at first to have pervaded most of Europe and western Asia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He may have learnt this custom from his Iberian neighbours and predecessors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whether they were dark whites of Iberian or Dravidian affinities is less certainly to be denied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a sort of short dark Welshman, and certain types of Irishmen, who are Iberians by race. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gradually these Keltic-speakers made their way to the Atlantic, and all that now remains of the Iberians is mixed into the Keltic population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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