Castilian
Syllables: Cas·til·ian/kæˈstɪl.jən/UK/kæˈstɪl.jən/
Castilian proper noun: the Castilian dialect of Spanish, often (especially historically) considered the prestige dialect of Spanish.
Proper noun
Castilian
Noun
Castilian (plural Castilians)
- A native of Castile.
Adjective
Castilian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or relating to Castile.
Castilian meaning in Tamil
Castilian in Tamil
- காஸ்டீல் வாழ்நர், காஸ்டீல் பகுதிக்குரிய
Synonyms of Castilian
- Castilian Spanish
- Spanish
Forms of Castilian
| plural | Castilians |
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Origin of Castilian
From Castile + -ian. Calque of Spanish castellano (“of or related to Castile, Spain, or the Spanish language”). Doublet of castellano, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain.
Words that rhyme with Castilian
- pavilion
- vermilion
- pillion
- billion
- novemdecillion
- quintillion
- trillion
- Brazilian
- centillion
- decillion
- duodecillion
- duovigintillion
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- million
- nonillion
- octillion
- octodecillion
- quadrillion
- quattuordecillion
- quattuorvigintillion
- quindecillion
- septendecillion
- septillion
- sexdecillion
- sextillion
- tredecillion
- trevigintillion
- trigintillion
- undecillion
- unvigintillion
- duotrigintillion
- gazillion
- gillian
- gillion
- godzillion
- gorillion
- Jillian
- jillion
- Kabylian
- Luxulyan
- mandilion
- mandylion
- Maximilian
- millillion
- millinillion
- novemtrigintillion
- novemvigintillion
- octogintillion
- octotrigintillion
- octovigintillion
- quadragintillion
- quattuortrigintillion
- quinquagintillion
- quinvigintillion
- septentrigintillion
- septenvigintillion
- sextrigintillion
- sexvigintillion
- squillion
- untrigintillion
- vigintillion
Questions about Castilian
- What does Castilian mean?
- Castilian means the Castilian dialect of Spanish, often (especially historically) considered the prestige dialect of Spanish.
- What is Castilian in Tamil?
- Castilian in Tamil is காஸ்டீல் வாழ்நர், காஸ்டீல் பகுதிக்குரிய. See Castilian meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Castilian?
- Castilian can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Castilian?
- Castilian is pronounced /kæˈstɪl.jən/.
Words near Castilian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Castilian (page history and authors); castilian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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