Iberian Peninsula

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

In contrast, populations in the Iberian Peninsula, at the western edge of their range, may have lasted longer thanks to better-connected core areas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 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

While winter storms are not uncommon, scientists say the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events on the Iberian Peninsula is partly down to climate change linked to rising greenhouse gas emissions.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 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