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  • A city of west-central Spain west-northwest of Madrid. Founded by Celts and subsequently held by Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors, after the Reconquista it became the site of one of Spain's first universities (founded 1218).

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  • proper noun A city in west Spain, capital of the province of Salamanca
  • proper noun A province in west Spain

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Examples

  • For those who asked: well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that "Salamanca" is picked up by a publisher.

    thanks and a reminder Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • I'm just going to tell you about a shop I found in Salamanca today.

    Do you believe in fairies? Jerine 2009

  • Yann Martel was born in Salamanca, Spain, in 1963, of Canadian parents who were doing graduate studies.

    Yann Martel biography 2007

  • We reached our destination on the 8th day of October, tired out with our long journey, and pitched our tents at the place now called Salamanca, near the shore.

    History of New Brunswick Peter Fisher 1815

  • There is a curious case of this kind related in Le Sage's Bachelor of Salamanca, which is too nicely described to be totally imaginary.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

  • As for me, "Salamanca", the novel I wrote in 30 days last November as part of the NaNoWriMo, won the Grand Prize in the Novel category.

    palanca awards news Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • I somehow also plan to edit for possible publication my novel "Salamanca" and a short story derived from it, "Gaudencio & Jacinta".

    after images Dean Francis Alfar 2005

  • Light-headed, I peek into my mind's storehouse and see everything marked "Salamanca".

    dread times two Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Light-headed, I peek into my mind's storehouse and see everything marked "Salamanca".

    Archive 2004-12-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • In a still recent study, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba from the University of Salamanca, and Timothy J. Kehoe from the University of Minnesota, analyze countries that experienced great depressions during the 20th century.

    Felix Marquardt: Le Comeback: How France & the French Model Might Be More Relevant Than Expected in the 21st Century Felix Marquardt 2011

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