noun
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the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
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a native or inhabitant of Castile
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Castilian
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To Castilian author Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo goes the credit for being the first to put “California” on the printed page, in 1510, in his novel “Las Sergas de Esplandian.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
“No one doubts that the language is called Spanish or Castilian. Our constitution says Castilian, and in the Americas they say Castilian or Spanish,” he added.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
The locals, who may not have been literate, likely told their responses to the surveyors, who wrote them down in old Castilian.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 4, 2022
It was a purely dynastic union that gave the duke a claim to the Castilian throne.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2022
He pronounced them with the Castilian th sound, that is, with a lisp, an affectation peculiar to many of the Miracle Valley’s old-timers, whereas it could not be found farther south in Mexico.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Castilians, who manage to scratch a living from the harsh earth, are a tough, grave and proud people.
From Time Magazine Archive
Basques, Asturians, Castilians, it said, "bear the unmistakable imprint of their Visigoth origin."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sallow Castilians slapped their thighs and swore that Por Dios, Juan had done it again!
From Time Magazine Archive
A great revolution was sapping the power of the Almoravides in Africa, and the Castilians under Alfonso the Battler resumed their raids into Andalusia.
From The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole
He also defeated the Castilians in several desperate encounters, but lost the day at Gibraltar.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
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