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English
Proper noun
Castelo (plural Castelos)
- A surname from Galician.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Castelo is the 18899th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1445 individuals. Castelo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.4%), Asian/Pacific Islander (16.47%), and White (15.22%) individuals.
Anagrams
- talcose, to scale, ale-cost, lactose, scotale, coletas, locates, alecost, Lacoste, scatole, to-scale
Galician
Etymology
From castelo (“castle”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Castelo m
- a large number of hamlets and villages throughout Galicia
- A parish of Culleredo, A Coruña, Galicia
- A parish of Trazo, A Coruña, Galicia
- A parish of Cervo, Lugo, Galicia
- A parish of Taboada, Lugo, Galicia
- Castelo de Pallares (a parish of Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)
- Castelo de Rei (a parish of Outeiro de Rei, Lugo, Galicia)
- A parish of Cervantes, Lugo, Galicia
- Castelo de Somoza (a parish of O Incio, Lugo, Galicia)
- Castelo dos Infantes (a parish of Sarria, Lugo, Galicia)
- a toponymical surname
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Castelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “Castelo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Castelo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
Portuguese
Etymology
From castelo (“castle”).[1] Compare Galician Castelo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Castelo m
- a toponym indicating the presence of a castle.
Derived terms
References