castro
Meaning
- (masculine) a local fortified Iron Age village, of which some 3,000 are known in Galicia
- (broadly,masculine) any fortified archaeological site
Frequency
Hyphenated as
cas‧tro
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkastɾo/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese castro, from Latin castrum. Cognate with Portuguese castro, Spanish castro. See also alcázar, borrowed from Spanish, which entered through Arabic.
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