"Castella" meaning in Latin

See Castella in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kasˈtel.la/ [Classical], [käs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲä] [Classical], /kasˈtel.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käsˈt̪ɛlːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the plural of castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”), reportedly in reference to the central region of Hispānia as terra castellorum (“land of castles”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|castellum|t=castle, fort, citadel}} castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), {{m|la|castrum|t=fortress}} castrum (“fortress”), {{l|la|Hispānia}} Hispānia, {{m|la|terra castellorum|t=land of castles}} terra castellorum (“land of castles”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Castella<1.loc>}} Castella f sg (genitive Castellae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Castella<1.loc>}} Forms: Castellae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Castella [nominative, singular], Castellae [genitive, singular], Castellae [dative, singular], Castellam [accusative, singular], Castellā [ablative, singular], Castella [singular, vocative], Castellae [locative, singular]
  1. (historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom in modern Spain) Wikipedia link: la:Castella Tags: Medieval-Latin, New-Latin, declension-1, feminine, historical, singular Categories (place): Historical polities, Places in Spain Derived forms: Castellanus, Castellanicus, Castillana

Inflected forms

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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Castella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Castella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Castiglia"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: Castiglia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: Castiglia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "Castiella"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: Castiella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: Castiella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Castilla"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Castilla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Castilla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Castile",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Castile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Castile"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Castille",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: Castille",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Castille"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kastilien",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kastilien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kastilien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Castela"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: Castela",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: Castela"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "Castigghia"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: Castigghia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: Castigghia"
    }
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Castella<1.loc>"
      },
      "expansion": "Castella f sg (genitive Castellae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Castella<1.loc>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Historical polities",
          "orig": "la:Historical polities",
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            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "la",
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            "Names",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        }
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        {
          "word": "Castellanus"
        },
        {
          "word": "Castellanicus"
        },
        {
          "word": "Castillana"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Castile (a medieval kingdom in modern Spain)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Castella-la-name-RfJF~fb8",
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        [
          "Castile",
          "Castile#English"
        ],
        [
          "Spain",
          "Spain#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom in modern Spain)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "singular"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "la:Castella"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käsˈt̪ɛlːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Castella"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Castellanus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Castellanicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Castillana"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Castella"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Castella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Castella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "Castiglia"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: Castiglia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: Castiglia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "Castiella"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: Castiella",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: Castiella"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Castilla"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Castilla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Castilla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Castile",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Castile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Castile"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Castille",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: Castille",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: Castille"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Kastilien",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Kastilien",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Kastilien"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Castela"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: Castela",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: Castela"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "Castigghia"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: Castigghia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "t": "castle, fort, citadel"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "castrum",
        "t": "fortress"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "Hispānia"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "la",
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      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the plural of castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”), reportedly in reference to the central region of Hispānia as terra castellorum (“land of castles”).",
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    {
      "form": "Castellae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Castellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin proper nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with historical senses",
        "Medieval Latin",
        "New Latin",
        "la:Historical polities",
        "la:Places in Spain"
      ],
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        "Castile (a medieval kingdom in modern Spain)"
      ],
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          "Castile#English"
        ],
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          "Spain",
          "Spain#English"
        ]
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        "(historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom in modern Spain)"
      ],
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        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
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        "historical",
        "singular"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käsˈt̪ɛlːä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Castella"
}

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