[val-uh-duh-lid; Sp. bah-lyah-th
aw-leeth] 
| a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid: Columbus died here 1506. 236,341. |
| Val·la·do·lid (vāl'ə-də-lĭd', bä'lyä-thō-lēth') A city of northwest-central Spain north-northwest of Madrid. It became the chief residence of the Castilian court in the mid-15th century and was the site of the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469. Population: 317,000. |