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Iberia, in its most common meaning, refers to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. In history, the name is also used for an area in the Caucasus more or less identical with the modern country of Georgia.
Iberia may also refer to:
Regions in the CaucasusEdit
- Kingdom of Iberia (c. 302 BC–580 AD), an ancient Georgian kingdom
- Sasanian Iberia (523–626/627 AD), the eastern parts of Caucasian Georgia under direct Sasanian rule
- Principality of Iberia (580-880 AD), in early medieval Caucasian Georgia
- Bagratid Iberia (888-1008), a Georgian monarchy concentrated on historical lands of Tao and Klarjeti
- Iberia (theme) (c. 1000-1074 AD), an administrative and military unit of the Byzantine Empire carved out of several Georgian lands
Modern placesEdit
- Iberia District, Tahuamanu Province, Peru
- Iberia, Minnesota, United States, an unincorporated community
- Iberia, Missouri, United States, a city
- Iberia, Ohio, United States, a census-designated place
- Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States
Arts and entertainmentEdit
- Iberia (book), an illustrated travel book by James Michener
- Iberia (Albéniz), a piano suite by Isaac Albéniz
- Ibéria, the second of three sections of Images pour orchestre, a musical composition by Claude Debussy
SportsEdit
- Deportes Iberia, a Chilean football club based in Los Ángeles
- Iberia SC, a former Spanish football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon
TransportationEdit
- Iberia (airline), the largest Spanish airline
- SS Iberia, several ships
- Iberia Airport, Iberia District, Peru
See alsoEdit
- IberiaBank, an American financial holding company originating in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States (1887)
- All pages with titles containing Iberia
- Iberian (disambiguation)