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New Castile

American  

noun

  1. a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).


New Castile British  

noun

  1. a region and former province of central Spain. Chief town: Toledo

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In his garden the first fig tree of New Castile had just borne fruit.

From Time Magazine Archive

In New Castile lies Madrid, like a gem on a rumpled brown cloth.

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New Castile, which was recovered later from the Moors, borders it on the south.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Escorial is situated 3432 ft. above the sea, on the south-western slopes of the Sierra de Guadarrama, and thus within the borders of the province of Madrid and the kingdom of New Castile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

I make an excursion to-morrow to the rural districts of New Castile, which will probably occupy a fortnight. 

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert

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