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Castilla

American  
[kahs-tee-yah] / kɑsˈti jɑ /

noun

  1. Ramón 1797–1867, Peruvian general and statesman: president of Peru 1845–51 and 1855–62.


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Unlike in England, Castilla play in senior football and are in the regionalised third league of the Spanish system.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The food alone made the day’s mileage seem like a bargain: octopus in Galicia, Arzúa-Ulloa cheese from a farmers market or milk-fed lamb that made me forgive every hill in Castilla y León.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Two separate wildfires in the Madrid region combined on Friday to form one huge blaze, which threatened to merge with a third near Avila in the neighbouring Castilla y Leon region.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Such is the history of organized crime in Mexico, says Manelich Castilla, who served as commissioner of Mexico’s Federal Police.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

The three caravels which achieved the discovery of the Bahamas are sculptured there, with the unique device, a globe belted with the famous motto,— “A Castilla y á Leon Nuevo mundo dió Colon.”

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

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