Pa·len·cia (p -l n ch, pä-lnsyä) A city of northern Spain north-northeast of Valladolid. Site of an ancient Roman settlement, it was recovered from the Moors in the tenth century. Spain's first university was founded here in 1208 but moved to Salamanca in 1238. Population: 82,300. |
Palencia (Spanish) [paˈlenθia]
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(Placename) a city in N central Spain: earliest university in Spain (1208); seat of Castilian kings (12th-13th centuries); communications centre. Pop.: 77 752 (1991)
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