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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A native or inhabitant of Castile.
  • noun A person of Castilian ancestry.
  • noun The Spanish dialect of Castile.
  • noun The standard literary and official form of Spanish, which is based on this dialect.
  • adjective Of or relating to Castile or its people, language, or culture.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to Castile (formerly written Castille), a former kingdom in the central part of Spain, now divided into the provinces of Old and New Castile.
  • noun An inhabitant or a native of Castile.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.
  • noun The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun The main and official language of Spain, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, etc.
  • noun A native of Castile.
  • adjective Of, from, or relating to Castile.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Spanish language as spoken in Castile

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