Castilla

See also: castilla, castillã, and Castillã

Translingual

Proper noun

Castilla

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae – certain large trees of Central and South America.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʎa/ [kasˈti.ʎa]

Proper noun

Castilla

1. Castile
2. a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish Castiella, based on castiello (“castle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kasˈtiʝa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kasˈtiʎa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kasˈtiʃa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kasˈtiʒa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: Cas‧ti‧lla

Proper noun

Castilla

1. Castile
2. A province of Arequipa, Peru
3. a surname

Derived terms

• caña de Castilla
• Castilla la Nueva
• Castilla la Vieja
• Castilla y León
• Castilla-La Mancha
• gallina de Castilla
• manzanilla de Castilla
• Nueva Castilla

Related terms

• castellano

Descendants

• → French: Castille
  • → English: Castile
• → Classical Nahuatl: Caxtillan
  • → Kaqchikel: kaxlan
• → Pipil: caztiyah
• → Tagalog: Kastila

See also

• ancha es, Castilla