Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South American weight for gold, equal to 71.07 grains.
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Examples
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[*] A castellano was a piece of gold, money, weighing about one-sixth of an ounce.
The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time. 1891
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Háganlo difundir, por favor, porque no hay tantas cosas en este campo en castellano.
Trabajo sexual y derecho al trabajo – Sex work and the right to work « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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This one has very nearly ALL of the Mexican Spanish words, but you can't use its pronunciation guide, as it is pure castellano.
Page 2 2009
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Y, en catalán, la data corresponde al castellano la fecha, como en inglés se dice date.
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This one has very nearly ALL of the Mexican Spanish words, but you can't use its pronunciation guide, as it is pure castellano.
Page 2 2009
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Además de libros en castellano, donados por editoriales como KALANDRAKA, el Bubisher también incorpora una selección de literatura infantil y juvenil en árabe, lo que afianza los lazos de la multiculturalidad.
Global Voices in English » Bubisher: A Bus of Books for Children in Western Sahara 2009
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This one has very nearly ALL of the Mexican Spanish words, but you can't use its pronunciation guide, as it is pure castellano.
Page 2 2009
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Es un escrito nuevo mío en castellano que no existe en inglés u otro idioma.
Trabajo sexual y derecho al trabajo – Sex work and the right to work « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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This one has very nearly ALL of the Mexican Spanish words, but you can't use its pronunciation guide, as it is pure castellano.
Page 2 2009
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This one has very nearly ALL of the Mexican Spanish words, but you can't use its pronunciation guide, as it is pure castellano.
Page 2 2009
sionnach commented on the word castellano
noun: (Castellano) the Spanish word for peninsular Spanish, as opposed to "español", which subsumes both the language spoken in Spain and its assorted Latin American variants
adjective: (castellano/a) Castilian, the adjectival form associated with the autonomous community of Castilla-León. See also manchego, the adjectival form associated with the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.
March 18, 2009