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Iberia vs Habsburg - What's the difference?

iberia | habsburg |

As proper nouns the difference between iberia and habsburg

is that iberia is the region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar while Habsburg is an Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland.

As a noun Habsburg is

a member of the Habsburg noble family.

iberia

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) Iberia, from (etyl) (modern (etyl) Ebro). (pedia)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia . This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.}}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . (Caucasian Iberia)

    Alternative forms

    * Iveria

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (historical) Antic and Byzantine name of the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia.
  • Synonyms
    * Caucasian Iberia
    See also
    * Colchis * Albania, Caucasian Albania

    habsburg

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Hapsburg

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Alpine castle in Aargau canton, northern Switzerland.
  • A Swabian noble family named after it, which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Austria, at times other countries (mainly in Iberia and the former Burgundian territories) and supplied successive (elected) emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Synonyms

    * (dynasty) Habsburgers (p)

    Derived terms

    * Habsburger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a member of the Habsburg noble family