Salamanca

[ sal-uh-mang-kuh; Spanish sah-lah-mahng-kah ]

/ ˌsæl əˈmæŋ kə; Spanish ˌsɑ lɑˈmɑŋ kɑ /

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noun

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.
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With one column he reached Salamanca on November thirteenth; the head of the other was at Astorga.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
Genoa 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 Hutton
Then he proceeded to give a full account of his rescue from the prison of Salamanca.
Under Wellington's Command|G. A. Henty

The 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

Salamanca

/ (Spanish salaˈmaŋka) /

noun

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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