Castilian

American  

[ka-stil-yuhn] / kæˈstɪl jən /

noun

• Castilians
  plural

1. the dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile.

2. the official standard form of the Spanish language as spoken in Spain, based on this dialect.

3. a native or inhabitant of Castile.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Castile.

Castilian British  

/ kæˈstɪljən /

noun

1. the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish

2. a native or inhabitant of Castile

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adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or characteristic of Castile, its inhabitants, or the standard form of European Spanish

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Castilians
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Castilian

First recorded in 1520–30; Castile + -ian

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Castilian Castilians

“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

If we are to believe Mr. Hemingway, high adventure and a lust for blood fuse in the Castilian bullring.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

In heavily accented, hard to understand Castilian Spanish he described the necessity of eating portions of each of the foods on his chart every day.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Castilians, who manage to scratch a living from the harsh earth, are a tough, grave and proud people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sallow Castilians slapped their thighs and swore that Por Dios, Juan had done it again!

From Time Magazine Archive

Basques, Asturians, Castilians, it said, "bear the unmistakable imprint of their Visigoth origin."

From Time Magazine Archive

There was little cause for apprehension in regard to a people so well disciplined to obedience as the Castilians under Philip the Second.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

For as they say of themselves in their manner of speech, “We are friendly to the Castilians, through force.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various