Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A peninsula of southwest Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal. It is separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees and from Africa by the Strait of Gibraltar.
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- proper noun A
peninsula located in the extreme southwest ofEurope which includes modern daySpain ,Portugal ,Andorra andGibraltar , bordered on the south and east by theMediterranean Sea , and on the north and west by theAtlantic Ocean , with thePyrenees forming the northeast edge of the peninsula, connecting it to the rest of Europe.
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Examples
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Actually, the Iberian Peninsula was the last bastion of Neanderthals.
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Syria, Greece, Carthage, and the Iberian Peninsula were the first countries to succumb to the Roman arms outside of Italy.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various
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Pitt had foreseen amid the shadows of the defeat of Austerlitz that the Iberian Peninsula might be the final field of resistance to Napoleon, and now events had brought his successors to the same view.
Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Joy, James Richard, 1863- 1902
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The Iberian Peninsula is the top destination for European golfers, and it has a number of courses in this year's top 20.
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The Iberian Peninsula is the top destination for European golfers, and it has a number of courses in this year's top 20.
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They try to clear that away nowadays by referring to Hispanic as solely of Spanish heritage, although Hispania was the entire Iberian Peninsula, meaning that Cardozo, who was of Portuguese descent, would have been first.
BREAKING: Obama Picks Sotomayor - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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He's the chef and owner of 42, an upscale dining room perched in a soaring tower of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in White Plains, New York. 42 offers diners awe-inspiring views of the Manhattan skyline that complement Goncalves' Mediterranean cuisine that's quite reflective of the flavors and ingredients found in the Iberian Peninsula, especially Portugal.
Jeanine Barone: Portuguese Kitchen Fun in Westchester Jeanine Barone 2012
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Downes also arranged for Sidney and Eleanor Clark, a wealthy Philadelphia couple, to approach the embassy posing as producers who were planning expeditions to the Iberian Peninsula to record color films of folk dances for American museums.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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With the North Africa invasion just eight months away, the U.S. military, which feared a German flanking maneuver through the Iberian Peninsula and Spanish Morocco, wanted every scrap of information it could find on Spanish intentions.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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He's the chef and owner of 42, an upscale dining room perched in a soaring tower of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in White Plains, New York. 42 offers diners awe-inspiring views of the Manhattan skyline that complement Goncalves' Mediterranean cuisine that's quite reflective of the flavors and ingredients found in the Iberian Peninsula, especially Portugal.
Jeanine Barone: Portuguese Kitchen Fun in Westchester Jeanine Barone 2012
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