▁His p ania ▁Ul terior ▁for ▁' near ' ▁and ▁' far ' ▁His p ania . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁His p ania ▁was ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁three ▁Roman ▁provinces : ▁His p ania ▁Ba et ica , ▁His p ania ▁Tar ra con ensis , ▁and ▁His p ania ▁L us it ania . ▁Stra bo ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁use ▁His p ania ▁and ▁I ber ia ▁syn onym ously , ▁distingu ishing ▁between ▁the ▁near ▁northern ▁and ▁the ▁far ▁southern ▁provinces . ▁( The ▁name ▁" I ber ia " ▁was ▁ambigu ous , ▁being ▁also ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁I ber ia ▁in ▁the ▁C au cas us .) ▁ ▁Wh atever ▁language ▁may ▁generally ▁have ▁been ▁spoken ▁on ▁the ▁pen ins ula ▁soon ▁gave ▁way ▁to ▁Latin , ▁except ▁for ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Vas con es , ▁which ▁was ▁preserved ▁as ▁a ▁language ▁isol ate ▁by ▁the ▁bar rier ▁of ▁the ▁Py ren ees . ▁ ▁Modern ▁name ▁▁ ▁The ▁modern ▁phrase ▁" I ber ian ▁Pen ins ula " ▁was ▁co ined ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁ge ograph er ▁Jean - B apt iste ▁B ory ▁de ▁Saint - V in cent ▁on ▁his ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁work ▁" Gu ide ▁du ▁Vo y age ur ▁en ▁Esp agne ". ▁Prior ▁to ▁that ▁date , ▁ge ograph ers ▁had ▁used ▁the ▁terms ▁Spanish ▁Pen ins ula ▁or ▁Py ren ae an ▁Pen ins ula ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁ ▁The ▁I ber ian