The Iberian Peninsula is composed of modern-day Southern France, Spain and Portugal. The Spaniards, like the Romans before them, and the English during the same era, spread their language, culture and religion throughout parts of the world. "Ibero" means Iberian, or from or of the Iberian Peninsula. Aztlan is not subject to such precise definition. And in recent years, it has been used to describe any of various geographic areas in America (particularly Mexico). We know “Aztlan” is derived from a Mexican Indian word and probably referred to some geographic or mythical paradise. The author here will defer to the experts as to its true historical meaning. For our part, we use “IberoAztlan” for its aesthetic value (it sounds cool), is rather original and because we feel it represents a culture, language and religion that is blend of an ancestry from two worlds, the “Ibero” and the “Aztlan”.
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