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Old Castile

Meaning of "Old Castile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLD CASTILE

Old Castile


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLD CASTILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Old Castile is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OLD CASTILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Old Castile

Old Castile is a historic region of Spain, which included territory that later corresponded to the provinces of Santander, Burgos, Logroño, Soria, Segovia, Ávila, Valladolid, Palencia. Its origins are in the historic Castile that was formed in the 9th century in the zone now comprised by Cantabria, Álava, and Burgos. In the 18th century, Charles III of Spain assigned to the so-called kingdom of Castilla la Vieja the provinces of Burgos, Soria, Segovia, Ávila, Valladolid, and Palencia. The royal decree of 30 November 1833, the reform of Javier de Burgos, established the basis for the division of Spain into provinces that, with a few modifications, continues down to the present day. Historical region of Old Castile. Another royal decree, on 30 November 1855, divided Spain into 49 provinces, and assigned the provinces of Valladolid and Palencia to the Kingdom of León, leaving to Castilla la Vieja only Santander, Burgos, Logroño, Soria, Segovia, and Ávila.

Definition of Old Castile in the English dictionary

The definition of Old Castile in the dictionary is a region of N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: formerly a province Spanish name: Castilla la Vieja.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLD CASTILE

Old Bailey · old bat · Old Bill · old bird · old boy · old boy network · Old Bulgarian · Old Catholic · old chum · Old Church Slavic · Old Church Slavonic · old clothes man · Old Contemptibles · old country · Old Dart · old days · Old Delhi · Old Dominion · Old Dutch · Old English

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLD CASTILE

areosystile · Blanche of Castile · Castile · Eleanor of Castile · fertile · gentile · hostile · infantile · infertile · New Castile · nonhostile · stile · tactile · textile · tile · turnstile · unhostile · utile · versatile · volatile

Synonyms and antonyms of Old Castile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Old Castile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLD CASTILE

Find out the translation of Old Castile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Old Castile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Old Castile» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

旧卡斯蒂利亚
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Castilla la Vieja
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Old Castile
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पुरानी Castile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قديم قشتالة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Старый Кастилия
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Castela Velha
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ওল্ড ক্যাসেট
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vieille Castille
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Castile Lama
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

alt-Kastilien
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

旧カスティーリャ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

이전 카스티야
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Castile Lawas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Old Castile
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பழைய கேஸ்டில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

जुने कॅसिलेझ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Eski Kastilya
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Vecchia Castiglia
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

stary Kastylia
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Старий Кастилія
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Old Castile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παλιά Καστίλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ou Kastilië
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Gamla Castilla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gamle Castilla
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Old Castile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD CASTILE»

Discover the use of Old Castile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Old Castile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Old Castile & Leon, Spain: Frommer's ShortCuts
The power once held by Old Castile shifted long ago to Madrid, but there remain many reminders of its storied past. In the ancient kingdom of León, which was eventually annexed to Castile, you)ll find Salamanca, Zamora, and the provincial  ...
Frommer's ShortCuts, 2011
2
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical ...
QUINTANAPALLA, a town of Spain, in Old Castile, in the prov. and partido and 1 1 m. ENE of Burgos, in an elevated and healthy locality. Pop. 360. It has a fine church. In the vicinity are the remains of a Roman way which led from Tarragona to ...
‎1856
3
Facts and Artefacts: Art in the Islamic World : Festschrift ...
THREE ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLES IN OLD CASTILE (SPAIN) FERNANDO VALDÉS, MADRID Out of the forty Egyptian rock crystal pieces kept in different collections in Spain,1 three that are practically unknown deserve a detailed study .
Annette Hagedorn, Avînoʿam Šālēm, 2007
4
A View of Spain: Comprising a Descriptive Itinerary, of Each ...
fcains of Santander, called also the mountains of liurgos, which extend north and south from Old Castile to the Bay of Biscay ; the mountains of Rcynora, evidently branches of the Santander mountains, which run from north to south towards ...
Alexandre comte de Laborde, 1809
5
A view of Spain. Translated
tains of Santander, called also the mountains of Burgos, which extend north and south from Old Castile to the Bay of Biscay ; the mountains of Reynora, evidently branches of the Santander mountains, which run from north to south towards ...
Alexandre Louis J. Laborde (comte de.), 1809
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Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen
North of Old Castile and the Cantabrian Mountains was the province of Vizcaya, today's Basque region, whose coastal ports on the Cantabrian Sea and rich iron ore deposits enabled merchants to develop a trade with northern European ...
Nancy Rubin, Nancy Rubin Stuart, 2004
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State and Society in Spanish America During the Age of ...
... Nicolas Vizcaya Sol, Antonio del Catalonia Lazo, Francisco (Chile) Undurraga, Manuel Maria Vizcaya Alzerreca, Agustin Antonio Vizcaya Bernales, Francisco Vizcaya Cruz, Juan Manuel de la Chile Izquierdo, Santos Old Castile Urmeneta,  ...
Victor Uribe Uran, 2001
8
A History of the Spanish Language
Even this territory is less extensive than what is now called Old Castile (Castillo la Vieja), since areas such as that which now comprise the province of Palencia fell outside Castile until the eleventh century. After the conquest of the kingdom of ...
Ralph John Penny, 2002
9
The Edinburgh Gazetteer: Or, Geographical Dictionary: ...
The state of literature and the arts is here, if possible, more discouraging than in other Spanish provinces, although Old Castile contains the three universities of Valle.dolid, Avila, and Osma. As to the character of the people, they are, with few  ...
‎1827
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The Royal Military Chronicle: Or, British Officers Monthly ...
This great road from Bayonne to Madrid thus traverses three provinces of Spain namely, Biscay, Old Castile, and New Castile. It leaves Biscay and enters Old Castile, at Miranda de Ebro; and it leaves Old Castile and enters New Castile a, the ...
‎1813

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD CASTILE»

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Castile man charged with felony DWI after one-car crash
CASTILE – A 51-year-old Castile man was charged with felony drunken driving after a one car crash Friday on View Road. John A. Shonk was ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
2
The foodie traveller on New Haven's pizza wars
Indeed, the Old Castile certainly does a cracking pizza. Used to enjoy taking out and eating on the beach. Cargo in Darling Harbour also does ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Addicted to Jamon – A foodie's tour of Spain
Carrying on up north to Leon in the region of Old Castile, the parador we stayed in was a converted 16th-century monastery with cloisters and a ... «Oxford Mail, Apr 15»
4
Castile man arrested for kiddie porn and firearm
WARSAW – A 70-year-old Castile man was arrested Tuesday by State Police on felony child pornography and a weapons charge. Edward C. «Buffalo News, Apr 15»
5
Astoria Characters: The Rememberer
... living in the Basque Country's city of Santander, which, long before Pedro's time, was the main seaport for the Old Castile in the Bay of Biscay ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
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Miguel De Cervantes Bones Found In Madrid After 400 Years: 5 …
... leave Don Quixote's weary and mouldering bones to rest in the grave, nor seek, against all the canons of death, to carry him off to Old Castile, ... «Latin Times, Mar 15»
7
Mediterranean Oaks
The peasants of Old Castile had to have their wheat sown towards mid-October, so that the young plants would have time to grow the three or ... «London Review of Books, Feb 15»
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Jury finds Castile man guilty of dealing heroin
WARSAW — A jury returned a guilty verdict Friday against a 33-year-old Castile man charged with dealing heroin. The verdict against Michael ... «The Daily News Online, Jan 15»
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Archaeologists believe they have found the grave of famous …
... to carry him to Old Castile, compelling him to leave the tomb where he really and truly lies stretched out full length, powerless to make a third ... «Ancient Origins, Jan 15»
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AEP: Spain's export-led recovery comes at a price
It is a moment that traumatised workers here in the heartland of old Castile never expected to see again after Spain's economy crashed into ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
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