Castilla la Vieja

American  

[kahs-tee-lyah lah vye-hah, -yah] / kɑsˈti lyɑ lɑ ˈvyɛ hɑ, -yɑ /

noun

1. Spanish name of Old Castile.

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Castilla la Vieja British  

/ kasˈtiʎa la ˈbjexa /

noun

1. the Spanish name for Old Castile

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Example Sentences

We drove from France straight to northern Portugal through Castilla la Vieja—Valladolid and Salamanca—and back the same way a few weeks later.

From The New Yorker

In the historical regions and kingdoms of Iberia, today leadenly called “autonomous communities,” we went to Aragón, Navarra, Vizcaya, León, Castilla la Nueva, Castilla la Vieja, Valencia, Murcia, and Andalucía, but not to Extremadura.

From The New Yorker

THE Cathedral of San Salvador is the strongest link in the chain that encircles the city of Avila,—"cuidad de Castilla la vieja."

From Project Gutenberg

The story of the town is consequently one of the most adventurous and varied to be read in Spanish history, and it is due to the side it took in the rebellion against Charles-Quint, in the time of the Comuneros, that it was finally obliged to cede its place definitely to Valladolid, and lost its importance as one of the three cities of Castilla la Vieja.

From Project Gutenberg

I hoped that some change of scenery, some sign given by Nature, might mark the passage into Castilla la Vieja; therefore I was grateful when the car ran upon a stately bridge, hung above a broad river that was a flood of tarnished gold.

From Project Gutenberg