Old Castile

American  

[ka-steel] / kæˈstil /

noun

1. a region in N Spain: formerly a province.

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Old Castile British  

noun

1. Spanish name: Castilla la Vieja.  a region of N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: formerly a province

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Old Castile

Finally the rose-colored tide rolled across the plains of Old Castile.

From Time Magazine Archive

His trusted colleague, General Emilio Mola, former Spanish Chief of Police, leader of the rebellion in Old Castile and Navarre, was to die in an airplane accident.

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Exactly 25 years ago, with the Spanish Civil War not yet three months old, an army junta met in the Old Castile capital of Burgos and elected him Chief of Government of Nationalist Spain.

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The generals seized power in Old Castile and Navarre, in the north, and in much of Andalusia, in the south.

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Among the former was Narvaez's standard-bearer, named Fuentes, of a noble family of Seville; and three of his chief officers, one of whom was named Rojas, a native of Old Castile.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal