proper noun/leˈdesma/
a town and municipality, a in Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain; a surname derived from the town in Salamanca, Spain
Inherited from Latin Bletisama, from a local Celtic language. A superlative in *-isamos from either Proto-Celtic *ɸletisamā (“the broadest one”), from *ɸletos (“breadth”); or from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitisamā (“the greyest one”), from *ɸleitos (“grey”).