Castile
geographical name
Cas·tile
ka-ˈstēl
variants
or Spanish Castilla
kä-ˈstēl-yä
-ˈstē-yä
region and medieval kingdom in central and northern Spain divided by the Sierra de Guadarrama into two regions which were formerly provinces:
Old Castile to the north, whose capital was Burgos
, and
New Castile to the south, whose capital was Toledo
see also castilian
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