Latin

Alternative forms

• Ibēria

Proper noun

Hibēria f ‎(genitive Hibēriae); first declension

1. Iberia (the country of the Hibērēs)
   1. Iberian Peninsula (in southwestern Europe)
   2. Caucasian Iberia
      1. (Late Latin, fully Rēgnum Hibēriae) Kingdom of Iberia (circa 302 BC–AD 580)
      2. (Medieval Latin, generally) Georgia (country in the Caucasus)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Derived terms

• Hibēriacus
• Hibēria Indiae
• Hibēriēnsis
• Hibērigena

Related terms

• Hibēr
• Hibēricus
• Hibērus ‎(proper noun)

References

• IBE´RIA in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Hĭbērĭa (Ib-) in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Hiber, Hiberia, hiberis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 745/1.
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Ĭbērĭa (Hib-)”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 764/1.
• “Hibēria” on page 794/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)