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

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Castile covers the northern part of Spain's bleak, sun-scorched central tableland.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The news drew Escudero aficionados from as far as Madrid, who drove over the snow-filled mountain pass to the onetime capital of Old Castile to watch him once more.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dust-heat of the desolate plains of Old Castile was red on the horizon when the Sergeant and his companion started together on their strange and perilous mission.

From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett