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castra

castra is the plural of castrum.

Meaning of castrum

Noun

castrum (plural castra)

  1. (historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.

Proper noun capitalized: Castra

Castra

  1. A locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.

Words formed from castra

Questions about castra

What does castra mean?
Castra means a locality in Central Coast Council, northern Tasmania, Australia.
What is castra the plural of?
Castra is the plural of castrum.
What part of speech is castra?
Castra is a proper noun.

Words near castra in the dictionary

  1. Castorland
  2. castorless
  3. castors
  4. castory
  5. Castos
  6. castra
  7. castral
  8. castramentation
  9. castramentations
  10. castrametation
  11. castrametations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: castra (page history and authors); Castra (page history and authors); castrum (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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