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Iberian Peninsula

British  

noun

  1. a peninsula of SW Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Then it flashes back to the 1490s expulsions of Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, which triggered migrations to other European countries, North Africa and the New World.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

"The earlier group resembles Stone Age farming populations from northern France and Germany, while the later group shows strong genetic links to southern France and the Iberian Peninsula."

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

But as Rubio said, cowboy lineage can be traced to the Iberian Peninsula — as far back as the late medieval era, before Spain as a nation even existed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Voting has been postponed in areas worst-hit by flooding from Storm Leonardo, which triggered mass evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

From there, Islam spread through North Africa along the Mediterranean, across to the Iberian Peninsula, and over to France.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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