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Iberian refers to Iberia, which has two basic meanings, that, disused, of Caucasian Iberia (corresponding roughly to modern-day Georgia) and Theme of Iberia (an eastern province of the Byzantine Empire), and that, in modern use, of someone or something originating in the Iberian Peninsula, namely from Portugal and Spain. It may refer to:

Ancient history

Caucasian Iberians, Greco-Roman designation for Georgians
Iberian War, fought from 526 to 532 CE between the Eastern Roman Empire and Sassanid Empire over the eastern Georgian kingdom of Iberia

Anthim the Iberian, 1650?1716, Eastern Orthodox theologian and philosopher in Romania, from Georgia
John the Iberian, d. ca. 1002, Georgian monk
Peter the Iberian, c. 411-491, Georgian Orthodox saint

2007 Iberian Peninsula earthquake
Iberian Communist Federation, communist group in Spain
- Iberian Communist Youth, the youth organization of the Iberian Communist Federation
Iberian chronicles
Iberian Federalism, early 20th century ideology purporting the federation of Portugal and Spain
Iberian Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews
Iberian Pact, in 1939 between the Portuguese right-wing dictatorship and the Spanish right-wing dictatorship
Iberian Union, political unit that governed all of Iberia from 1580-1640, as a personal union
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portuguese-Spanish international nanotechnology research organization

Iberian Gate and Chapel, the only existing gate of the Kitai-gorod in Moscow, Russia