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Old Castile

American  
[ka-steel] / kæˈstil /

noun

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


Old Castile British  

noun

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Old Castile is the country which gave Spain its greatest queen, Isabella, its ideal knight, the Cid, and its mystic saint, St. Theresa of Avila.

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He saw the plumes of Espartero's troopers already topping the rise, strong well-knit men of the best farming stock in Old Castile mounted on Gallegan horses.

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

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