La Mancha

[ lah mahn-chah ]

/ lɑ ˈmɑn tʃɑ /

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noun

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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Words nearby La Mancha

laloplegia, La Louvière, lam, lama, Lamaism, La Mancha, La Manche, La Mano Nera, Lamar, Lamarck, Lamarckian

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How to use La Mancha in a sentence

All of the drama was captured in the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha.
Doomed Passion Projects of Hollywood: The Lost Classics of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and More|Marlow Stern|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Don Quijote de la Mancha himself could scarcely have made a more pure-intentioned yet more unpractical President.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
Perchance you may have encountered them in traversing the high parameras of La Mancha?
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
We have animadverted upon the absence of water in La Mancha.
Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman

Garganey also nest in large numbers on the lagoons of Daimiel in La Mancha.
Unexplored Spain|Abel Chapman
It was not until he had reached his fifty-seventh year that he finished the first part of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
The Story of Seville|Walter M. Gallichan

British Dictionary definitions for La Mancha

La Mancha

/ (Spanish la ˈmantʃa) /

noun

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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