Salamanca

(sal-a-măng'kah,) a manuf. city of Spain, C. of p. of same name, on the Tormes, an affluent of the Douro, 92 m. S.W. of Leon. Its university, established in 1239, was for ages the most celebrated seminary of learning in Spain. Near this city, the English under Wellington defeated a French army under Marshal Marmont, in 1812. Pop. 15,500. [s. 790]