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Iberia

noun

An ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia.

A peninsula in southwestern Europe. Synonym: Iberian Peninsula.

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... Fir'd by this wish, His country left, he journey'd to the town Of him, who erst was great Alcides' host: And as he sought to learn what founder first These Grecian walls rear'd on Italia's shore, Thus an old 'habitant, well vers'd in tales Of yore, reply'd.—"Jove's son, rich in the herds "Iberia bred, his prosperous journey bent "By ocean unto fair Lacinia's shores: "Enter'd himself the hospitable roof "Of mighty Croto, while his cattle' stray'd "Amid the tender grass; and his long toil "Reliev'd by rest. Departing, thus he ...

— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid

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