La Mancha

American  

[lah mahn-chah] / lɑ ˈmɑn tʃɑ /

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.

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La Mancha British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Their tomatoes are blended a bit chunky, doused with olive oil from La Mancha and sprinkled with flaky salt, then mounted onto a toasty slice of whole-grain bread from the famed Obrador San Francisco around the bend.

From Salon

Lewis Stevenson, from Derby, fell from Castilla La Mancha bridge, outside the city of Talavera de la Reina, on Sunday.

From BBC

Elsewhere in Spain, there are also claims by the regions of Navarre and Castilla La Mancha to Columbus’s provenance.

From BBC

Preparing for the traditional powderpuff game, in which cheerleaders play football and football players dress as cheerleaders, the players come to Evan for advice; he enlists the help of a college friend who works as a drag queen, whom he introduces as the star of a “long-running show in Austin called ‘Woman of La Mancha.’”

From Los Angeles Times

Originally from the central Spanish region of Castilla La Mancha, Isabel says that she and her family are now considering moving back to the mainland, purely because of the housing situation.

From BBC