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Definition of Castilian in English: Castiliannoun kaˈstɪlɪənkəˈstɪljən 1A native of Castile. 卡斯蒂利亚人 Example sentencesExamples - The papers have been filled with excitable chatter at the return of the charismatic Castilian.
- The conquering Castilians - warriors rather than farmers - let the extensive irrigation systems of the Moors deteriorate, turning the fertile farms into pastureland.
- Maltese people celebrate the contributions to their culture of Phoenicians, Romans, Greeks, Normans, Sicilians, Swabians, Arogonese, Castilian, the Knights, and the British.
- The Castilians, who live in the central Meseta, are the nation's dominant group, and Castilian Spanish is Spain's national language.
- Now they meet as honorary Castilian and adopted Catalan.
- The French benefited considerably from an alliance with the Castilians which gave them supremacy at sea, enabling them to harass the English coasts.
- Philip II wanted to ‘Castilise’ Spain and all the most important government positions went to Castilians.
- A trade center since antiquity, this region has been periodically ruled by outsiders, including Spain's dominant Castilians, who excluded Barcelona from lucrative New World trade until 1778.
- The Castilians had no desire to admit foreigners to share in their public offices, particularly the lucrative posts and commercial rights in the empire.
- Five centuries ago, the Castilians took Granada from Boabdil.
- The Cantigas d' Amigo are a subset of the larger body of some 1,680 songs first composed at the Castilian and Portuguese courts between 1200 and 1350.
- The Castilians, like the Spanish population in general, are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic.
2mass noun The language of Castile, being the standard spoken and literary Spanish. 卡斯蒂利亚语；标准口头和书面西班牙语 Example sentencesExamples - Road signs in Catalonia are printed in both Catalan and the national language, Castilian.
- The principal language spoken throughout Spain is Castilian, although Catalonia, Galicia, and the Basque country have their own regional tongues, which are now generally used within those regions in preference to Castilian.
- The standard language of Spain and its empire was based on Castilian (the dialect of Castile), and for this reason continues to be referred to in Spanish as both castellano and español.
- Two of the main regional languages - Catalan and Gallego - are Romance languages that bear some degree of similarity to Castilian.
- In fact, the earliest formal effort to teach Nahua children to speak Castilian and thereby indoctrinate them in Spanish and Catholic culture took place in Tetzcoco itself in 1523.
- Dominicans pride themselves on the purity of their Spanish and it is considered by some to be the most classical Castilian spoken in Latin America.
- Argentines say that it is more appropriate to call their language Castilian, because this term expresses more clearly the region in Spain where it originated and from where it was imposed on other peoples.
- The main language spoken in Andorra la Vella is Catalan, but many of its inhabitants also speak Castilian, French and Portuguese.
- Even in the Catalan Pyrenees, where not much Castilian needs to be used, I was told that children create games in the vernacular based on Catalan TV, but will play in Castilian if modelling their play on Spanish children's TV.
- Subsequent efforts to enrich the production of literary, scientific, and philosophical works in Castilian, serve to further solidify the prestige of this language.
- Sue wanted the girls to learn classic Castilian - the most widely used form of Spanish - versus Catalan, Galician, or Basque.
- Like Catalan and Castilian, Gallego is a Romance language (one with Latin roots).
- Do be aware that there are various dialects of Spanish but if you can speak the most common, Castilian, then most of the country will understand you.
adjective kaˈstɪlɪənkəˈstɪljən Relating to Castile, Castilians, or the Castilian form of Spanish. （与）卡斯蒂利亚（有关）的；（与）卡斯蒂利亚人（有关）的；（与）卡斯蒂利亚语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - Here in the sober loneliness of the Castilian plateau, we welcome any entertainment we can get.
- Spanish women under Castilian law inherit property equally with their brothers.
- At the same time, through a series of deaths, Joan becomes the Queen of Castile and heir to the Crown of Aragon - which only serves to start an internal power struggle between Flemish and Castilian nobility.
- In some cases, the linguistic influence of Castilian Spanish upon a community of speakers of a different language has given rise to a new language variety.
- His style does not draw from late 16th-century Castilian painting, and was probably formed in Valladolid in contact with the pictures in the royal collection.
- In the 1490s the crown (possibly copying Castilian practice) began subsidizing the construction of ships over 100 tons.
- Leon turned out to be beautiful, with walkways and parks beside the Rio Bernesga, and a cathedral and public buildings in a more pompous but somehow much more Castilian style.
- Slowly, the sunburned hills of the Castilian plateau surrounded us, leaving the city behind.
- Politically the stakes were also getting higher as the Portuguese, Castilian, and French empires all vied for supremacy.
- It brings to mind the story about why Castilian Spaniards pronounce gracias as ‘grathiath.’
- The Castilian dialect imposed itself as the language of the Spanish state that was being built through conquest.
- In 1512, however, Castilian forces conquered and occupied the kingdom.
- In 1516, the Basques on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees Mountains agreed to Castilian rule but won the right to keep a degree of self-government.
- In the Middle Ages vineyards flourished on this bleak Castilian plateau and cellars were hollowed out of the limestone under the town, but after phylloxera ravaged the zone, Rueda went into rapid decline.
- Colombia takes great care to preserve the linguistic ‘purity’ of Castilian Spanish.
- Galicia is one of three autonomous regions in Spain that have their own official languages in addition to Castilian Spanish, the national language.
- Everywhere in the Euskal Herria region has two names, one in Basque and one in Castilian Spanish.
- In contrast, the Castilian Spanish Easter bread, hornazo, is a large savoury loaf based on plain household bread dough, enriched with olive oil and bacon fat, and containing pieces of chorizo, other pork products, and hard-boiled eggs.
- The countryside of Bresse in Burgundy is not the usual place to find a Spanish-style castle, an El Dorado in miniature, complete with Castilian campaniles, arches, and Spanish occupants, constructed lovingly out of concrete.
- They are walking in the hills of Calabria, white-water rafting in the Pyrenees, cycling in Catalonia, visiting sherry bodegas in Jerez, or touring the beautiful Castilian cities of Toledo, Segovia and Avila.
RhymesAbbevillian, Azilian, Brazilian, caecilian, Chilean, Churchillian, civilian, cotillion, crocodilian, epyllion, Gillian, Lilian, Maximilian, Pamphylian, pavilion, postilion, Quintilian, reptilian, Sicilian, Tamilian, vaudevillian, vermilion, Virgilian Definition of Castilian in US English: Castiliannounkəˈstilyənkəˈstɪljən 1A native of Castile. 卡斯蒂利亚人 Example sentencesExamples - The Cantigas d' Amigo are a subset of the larger body of some 1,680 songs first composed at the Castilian and Portuguese courts between 1200 and 1350.
- A trade center since antiquity, this region has been periodically ruled by outsiders, including Spain's dominant Castilians, who excluded Barcelona from lucrative New World trade until 1778.
- The Castilians, who live in the central Meseta, are the nation's dominant group, and Castilian Spanish is Spain's national language.
- The Castilians had no desire to admit foreigners to share in their public offices, particularly the lucrative posts and commercial rights in the empire.
- The French benefited considerably from an alliance with the Castilians which gave them supremacy at sea, enabling them to harass the English coasts.
- Maltese people celebrate the contributions to their culture of Phoenicians, Romans, Greeks, Normans, Sicilians, Swabians, Arogonese, Castilian, the Knights, and the British.
- The papers have been filled with excitable chatter at the return of the charismatic Castilian.
- The conquering Castilians - warriors rather than farmers - let the extensive irrigation systems of the Moors deteriorate, turning the fertile farms into pastureland.
- Now they meet as honorary Castilian and adopted Catalan.
- Philip II wanted to ‘Castilise’ Spain and all the most important government positions went to Castilians.
- The Castilians, like the Spanish population in general, are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic.
- Five centuries ago, the Castilians took Granada from Boabdil.
2The dialect of Spanish spoken in Castile, which is standard Spanish. Example sentencesExamples - In fact, the earliest formal effort to teach Nahua children to speak Castilian and thereby indoctrinate them in Spanish and Catholic culture took place in Tetzcoco itself in 1523.
- The standard language of Spain and its empire was based on Castilian (the dialect of Castile), and for this reason continues to be referred to in Spanish as both castellano and español.
- Subsequent efforts to enrich the production of literary, scientific, and philosophical works in Castilian, serve to further solidify the prestige of this language.
- The principal language spoken throughout Spain is Castilian, although Catalonia, Galicia, and the Basque country have their own regional tongues, which are now generally used within those regions in preference to Castilian.
- Like Catalan and Castilian, Gallego is a Romance language (one with Latin roots).
- Do be aware that there are various dialects of Spanish but if you can speak the most common, Castilian, then most of the country will understand you.
- Even in the Catalan Pyrenees, where not much Castilian needs to be used, I was told that children create games in the vernacular based on Catalan TV, but will play in Castilian if modelling their play on Spanish children's TV.
- The main language spoken in Andorra la Vella is Catalan, but many of its inhabitants also speak Castilian, French and Portuguese.
- Road signs in Catalonia are printed in both Catalan and the national language, Castilian.
- Argentines say that it is more appropriate to call their language Castilian, because this term expresses more clearly the region in Spain where it originated and from where it was imposed on other peoples.
- Sue wanted the girls to learn classic Castilian - the most widely used form of Spanish - versus Catalan, Galician, or Basque.
- Two of the main regional languages - Catalan and Gallego - are Romance languages that bear some degree of similarity to Castilian.
- Dominicans pride themselves on the purity of their Spanish and it is considered by some to be the most classical Castilian spoken in Latin America.
adjectivekəˈstilyənkəˈstɪljən Relating to Castile, Castilians, or the Castilian form of Spanish. （与）卡斯蒂利亚（有关）的；（与）卡斯蒂利亚人（有关）的；（与）卡斯蒂利亚语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - Leon turned out to be beautiful, with walkways and parks beside the Rio Bernesga, and a cathedral and public buildings in a more pompous but somehow much more Castilian style.
- In the 1490s the crown (possibly copying Castilian practice) began subsidizing the construction of ships over 100 tons.
- In contrast, the Castilian Spanish Easter bread, hornazo, is a large savoury loaf based on plain household bread dough, enriched with olive oil and bacon fat, and containing pieces of chorizo, other pork products, and hard-boiled eggs.
- Colombia takes great care to preserve the linguistic ‘purity’ of Castilian Spanish.
- In some cases, the linguistic influence of Castilian Spanish upon a community of speakers of a different language has given rise to a new language variety.
- Galicia is one of three autonomous regions in Spain that have their own official languages in addition to Castilian Spanish, the national language.
- Spanish women under Castilian law inherit property equally with their brothers.
- At the same time, through a series of deaths, Joan becomes the Queen of Castile and heir to the Crown of Aragon - which only serves to start an internal power struggle between Flemish and Castilian nobility.
- In 1512, however, Castilian forces conquered and occupied the kingdom.
- The Castilian dialect imposed itself as the language of the Spanish state that was being built through conquest.
- The countryside of Bresse in Burgundy is not the usual place to find a Spanish-style castle, an El Dorado in miniature, complete with Castilian campaniles, arches, and Spanish occupants, constructed lovingly out of concrete.
- Here in the sober loneliness of the Castilian plateau, we welcome any entertainment we can get.
- It brings to mind the story about why Castilian Spaniards pronounce gracias as ‘grathiath.’
- Slowly, the sunburned hills of the Castilian plateau surrounded us, leaving the city behind.
- In the Middle Ages vineyards flourished on this bleak Castilian plateau and cellars were hollowed out of the limestone under the town, but after phylloxera ravaged the zone, Rueda went into rapid decline.
- In 1516, the Basques on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees Mountains agreed to Castilian rule but won the right to keep a degree of self-government.
- His style does not draw from late 16th-century Castilian painting, and was probably formed in Valladolid in contact with the pictures in the royal collection.
- Politically the stakes were also getting higher as the Portuguese, Castilian, and French empires all vied for supremacy.
- Everywhere in the Euskal Herria region has two names, one in Basque and one in Castilian Spanish.
- They are walking in the hills of Calabria, white-water rafting in the Pyrenees, cycling in Catalonia, visiting sherry bodegas in Jerez, or touring the beautiful Castilian cities of Toledo, Segovia and Avila.
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