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La Mancha

[ lah mahn-chah ]

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.


La Mancha

/ 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Lewis Stevenson, from Derby, fell from Castilla La Mancha bridge, outside the city of Talavera de la Reina, on Sunday.

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

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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.’”

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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.

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My favorite is about the two best friends who started the La Mancha development company, one of the biggest and canniest of the mini-mall builders.

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