La Mancha

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La Man·cha (lä män

)

A region of south-central Spain. The high, mostly barren plateau is famous as the setting for Cervantes's Don Quixote.

La Mancha (Spanish) [la ˈmantʃa]

(Placename) 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.)

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