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Iberian Peninsula

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Place nameIberian Peninsula
Other namesIberia, Ibérique, péninsule, Ibérica, Península
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names

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Area SW of Pyrenees Mountains comprising Spain & Portugal; name probably derived from Iberus, Roman name for Ebro River; area settled in S & E by Neolithic & Bronze Age immigrants from Africa & in N & central Spain by Celtic tribes from 8th-6th cen. BC.

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