castello

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See also: Castello and Castelló

English

Etymology

Italian castello

Noun

castello (plural castellos or castelli)

  1. A municipality of San Marino.
    • 2016, Christopher Walker, The First 49:
      The bus wound its way up into San Marino, passing through the various small castellos that add up to form the diminutive country, []

Italian

Etymology

From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈstɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧stèl‧lo
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Noun

castello m (plural castelli)

  1. castle
  2. municipality of San Marino

Descendants

  • Albanian: kështjellë, këshqel
  • ? Maltese: kastell
  • Ottoman Turkish: كستل (kestel)
  • Interlingua: castello

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

castellō

  1. dative/ablative singular of castellum