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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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It has been declared just once before, when a major power blackout affected the Iberian Peninsula last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 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

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

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