La Mancha

[ lah mahn-chah ]

noun

1. a plateau region in central Spain: famous as the birthplace of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha.

La Mancha

/ la ˈmantʃa /

noun

1. a plateau of central Spain, between the mountains of Toledo and the hills of Cuenca: traditionally associated with episodes in Don Quixote. Average height: 600 m (2000 ft)

Example Sentences

All of the drama was captured in the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha.

From The Daily Beast

Don Quijote de la Mancha himself could scarcely have made a more pure-intentioned yet more unpractical President.

From Project Gutenberg

Perchance you may have encountered them in traversing the high parameras of La Mancha?

From Project Gutenberg

We have animadverted upon the absence of water in La Mancha.

From Project Gutenberg

Garganey also nest in large numbers on the lagoons of Daimiel in La Mancha.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not until he had reached his fifty-seventh year that he finished the first part of Don Quixote de la Mancha.

From Project Gutenberg