Palencia

[ puh-len-shuh; Spanish pah-len-thyah ]

noun

1. a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.

Palencia

/ paˈlenθia /

noun

1. a city in N central Spain: earliest university in Spain (1208); seat of Castilian kings (12th–13th centuries); communications centre. Pop: 81 378 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

I spent a day in Palencia, and found it almost more than its architectural treasures required.

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Everywhere, save in the long main street, Palencia was as triste a place as I have seen.

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Fortunately the least interesting part of the road is now superseded by the opening of the railway from Palencia to Leon.

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The detail of this is very much like the screens already described at Palencia.

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He must instantly be paid the arrears of his pensions out of the revenues of the sees of Palencia and Badajoz.

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