Kind of. Essentially 'Iberia' is a name Greeks used generally, which then got translated and inherited repeatedly by Romans and such. Similar to barbarians being the Berbers of North Africa and also the Germanic tribes.

So that 'Iberia' is a placename for a culture that became the Georgians. (Which is also an exonym. I think it's called 'Kartli' by the people actually living there.) I don't know if or why 'Iberia' would still be used.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://www.britannica.com/place/Iberia-ancient-kingdom-Georgia Was a old name for the areas below the mountains, the name on the map isnt correctly positioned.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia