Iberian

From Iberia +‎ -an.

• Rhymes: -ɪɹiən

Iberian (comparative more Iberian, superlative most Iberian)

1. Native to Iberia.
2. Of or pertaining to Iberia.

Iberian (countable and uncountable, plural Iberians)

1. (countable) A native of modern-day Iberia (the European peninsula): a person native to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, or Gibraltar,.
2. (historical, chiefly in the plural) 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).

• Celtiberian

Iberian

1. An extinct language isolate that was spoken in the Iberian peninsula.
   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 518:

     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.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Iberian terms

• Ethnologue entry for Iberian, xib ⁠