Manchegan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish manchego +‎ -an.

Noun[edit]

Manchegan (plural Manchegans)

  1. A person from, or inhabiting, the La Mancha region (formerly province) of Spain. [from 17th c.]
    • 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, II.1:
      Good heavens! where is the man, who can worthily express the rage and indignation which entered into the heart of our Manchegan, when he saw himself handled in this manner?

Adjective[edit]

Manchegan (comparative more Manchegan, superlative most Manchegan)

  1. From or pertaining to La Mancha. [from 17th c.]
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