castile
IPA: kˈæstʌɫ
Root Word: Castile
noun
- A medieval kingdom (and previously a county) in the Iberian Peninsula.
- A vaguely defined region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile.
- A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, named after Castile in Spain.
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Examples of "castile" in Sentences
- Andalusia under the rule of Castile.
- Castile itself had an unofficial rabbi.
- Castile was the main beneficiary of the war.
- The problem with the succession to the Crown of Castile.
- Alfonso VIII of Castile was the principal benefactor of the Order.
- The poem is an ode to the countryside and peoples of rural Castile.
- But shortly afterward he entered the service of the house of Castile.
- Sancho of Castile was covetous of the lands of Bureba and Alta Rioja.
- He followed the gaunt man to Spain in pursuit of the throne of Castile.
- He died at the house of the Constable of Castile, near Haro in the Rioja.