Iberian Peninsula

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noun

a peninsula of SW Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal

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Words nearby Iberian Peninsula

IBD, I-beam, I beg your pardon, Iberia, Iberian, Iberian Peninsula, iberis, Ibero-, Ibero-Maurusian, Ibert, Iberville

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How to use Iberian Peninsula in a sentence

Because of its shape, Hill dubbed it “the egg,” while Milosevic, thinking it resembled Spain, called it “the Iberian Peninsula.”
Richard Holbrooke on the Dayton Peace Accords|Richard Holbrooke|December 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It has been thought well to include Portugal in this volume, so as to embrace the entire Iberian Peninsula.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
The intrigues of the French court were, however, extended to that part of the Iberian peninsula also.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The year 1846 closed over the Iberian peninsula in discord, turbulence, and woe.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

He did not eat prettily, and Miss Castro had lived long enough in the Iberian peninsula to grow particular about small matters.
The League of the Leopard|Harold Bindloss
The triangular territory of Catalonia forms the north-eastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various