Castella

See also: castella and castellà

English

Proper noun

Castella

1. A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

Catalan

Proper noun

Castella f

1. (historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain)
2. Castile (a vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile)

Derived terms

• castellà
• Castella i Lleó
• Castella-la Manxa
• castellanisme

Latin

Etymology

From the plural of castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”), reportedly in reference to the central region of Hispānia as terra castellorum (“land of castles”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kasˈtɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kasˈtɛl.la]

Proper noun

Castella f sg (genitive Castellae); first declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

1. Castile (a medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain)
2. (New Latin) Castile (a vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Castella
genitive	Castellae
dative	Castellae
accusative	Castellam
ablative	Castellā
vocative	Castella
locative	Castellae

Derived terms

• Castellanus
• Castellanicus
• Castillana

Descendants

• Catalan: Castella
• Italian: Castiglia
• Old Spanish: Castiella
  • Spanish: Castilla
  • → English: Castile
  • → French: Castille
  • → German: Kastilien
• Portuguese: Castela
• Sicilian: Castigghia