Castilla

See also: castilla, castillã, and Castillã

Translingual

Castilla elastica Cerv., Supl. Gaz. Lit. Mexico 1794(Jul. 2): 7 (1794).

Alternative forms

• Castilloa (misspelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *ḱstrom

Proto-Italic *kastrom

Latin castrum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lum

Latin castellum

Old Spanish castiello

Old Spanish -a

Old Spanish Castiella

Spanish Castillabor.

Translingual Castilla

Borrowed from Spanish Castilla.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Proper noun

Castilla f

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

See also

• Castilia (in tribe Melitaeini)

References

• Castilla (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Castilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʎa/ [kasˈti.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧la

Proper noun

Castilla

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)
4. a municipality of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *ḱstrom

Proto-Italic *kastrom

Latin castrum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lum

Latin castellum

Old Spanish castiello

Old Spanish -a

Old Spanish Castiella

Spanish Castilla

Inherited from Old Spanish Castiella.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʎa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʃa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʒa/ [kasˈt̪i.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtia/ [kasˈt̪i.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: Cas‧ti‧lla

Proper noun

Castilla 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)
3. a province of Arequipa, Peru
4. a surname

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• castellano

Descendants

• → French: Castille
  • → English: Castile
• → Classical Nahuatl: Caxtillan, castillan, castillã, caxtillan, Castillan, Castillã (obsolete)
  • → Kaqchikel: kaxlan
• → Pipil: caztiyah
• → Tagalog: Kastilya

See also

• ancha es, Castilla