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IBERIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Iberian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Iberian" is a member of...):

Iberia; Iberian Peninsula (a peninsula in southwestern Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Iberian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Iberian" is a member of...):

Iberia (an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Iberia (a peninsula in southwestern Europe)

Derivation:

Iberia (a peninsula in southwestern Europe)

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