Salamanca
a city in W Spain: university; Wellington's defeat of the French, 1812.
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How to use Salamanca in a sentence
Archer was created by Reed, who thought of the premise while seated at an outdoor café in Salamanca, Spain.
‘Archer,’ the Hilarious Animated Spy Series, Reinvents Itself | Marlow Stern | January 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith one column he reached Salamanca on November thirteenth; the head of the other was at Astorga.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneGenoa in her proud confusion heard him not, so he passed to Salamanca and the Dominicans, and set sail from Cadiz.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThen he proceeded to give a full account of his rescue from the prison of Salamanca.
Under Wellington's Command | G. A. HentyThe remainder of the message, "the French at Salamanca," received next day, changed the metropolitan sorrow into gladness.
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Marmont retired at once, leaving garrisons in the forts round Salamanca.
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British Dictionary definitions for Salamanca
/ (Spanish salaˈmaŋka) /
a city in W Spain: a leading cultural centre of Europe till the end of the 16th century; market town. Pop: 157 906 (2003 est)
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