Salamanca

American  

[sal-uh-mang-kuh, sah-lah-mahng-kah] / ˌsæl əˈmæŋ kə, ˌsɑ lɑˈmɑŋ kɑ /

noun

1. a city in W Spain: university; Wellington's defeat of the French, 1812.

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Salamanca British  

/ salaˈmaŋka /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

He also played in England with West Bromwich Albion and in Spain with Salamanca and Osasuna before making more than 200 appearances in all competition for Real Sociedad from 2011 to 2017, scoring 72 times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Born in 1947 in Dublin, Farrell attended the University of Salamanca in Spain and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, according to the Vatican.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

Only five days before her abduction, Claudia Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate for Mexico’s governing Morena party held a rally in Salamanca and acknowledged the violence sweeping the region.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Police director William Salamanca said he told the footballer on the phone he had put all of his efforts to find his father.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

I, Salamanca Tree Hiddle, was afraid of lots and lots of things.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech