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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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"Extreme conditions are looming for Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, in addition to France, the Iberian Peninsula... where the situation is expected to worsen, including in Portugal starting today," commissioner Hadja Lahbib said.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 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

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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