How do you use Castile in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like castilla or district, plus the exact meaning.
Castile meaning
- A medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain.
- A vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile.
- A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, named after Castile in Spain.
Using Castile
- The main meaning on this page is: A medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain. | A vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile. | A town and village therein, in Wyoming County, New York, United States, named after Castile in Spain.
- Useful related words include: castilla, district, territory, territorial dominion.
- In the example corpus, castile often appears in combinations such as: of castile, castile and, in castile.
Context around Castile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Castile
- In this selection, "castile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, philando, old, new, soap, entered and arriving stand out and add context to how "castile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and new castile was called and and philando castile in minnesota. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "castile" sits close to words such as adaptability, alam and arable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with castile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Many of us were deterred to own one after the shooting of Philando Castile. (14 words)
The names were Taylor, Elijah McClain, Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, Floyd, Philando Castile and Rice. (15 words)
The funding came from the queen of Castile, so the profits from Spanish expedition flowed to Castile. (17 words)
Nearly seven years earlier, more than 1,000 Memphis residents took over the same bridge in the largest act of civil disobedience in the city’s history following the police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota. (41 words)
Nearly a decade after a St. Anthony police officer fatally shot Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, the two cities will resume their shared policing under a new arrangement that will also help St. Anthony finance updated headquarters for their force. (40 words)
By virtue of descent from his maternal grandparents, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, in 1516 Charles I of Spain became the first king to rule Castile and Aragon simultaneously by his own right. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Note how Old Castile was called Kingdom of Castile and New Castile was called the Kingdom of Toledo.
It’s safe and preferable, Bronner says, to use Castile soap and vinegar in sequence: Clean with Castile soap and follow that with a vinegar rinse to remove any soap film.
By virtue of descent from his maternal grandparents, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, in 1516 Charles I of Spain became the first king to rule Castile and Aragon simultaneously by his own right.
Cantabria was previously considered as part of Old Castile, but they have their own identity and had achieved independence from Castile in the 1970s and are now a comunidad autonoma in their own right.
However, Castile and León (Spanish: Castilla y León) had the Spanish conjunction y ('and') inserted as the León region is not considered to be in Castile (the north half) but joint with it in this autonomous community.
King of Portugal and Algarve In 1325 Alfonso XI of Castile entered a child-marriage with Constanza Manuel of Castile, the daughter of one of his regents.
She continued south, crossed the Pyrenees, and travelled through the Kingdoms of Navarre and Castile, arriving in Castile before the end of January 1200.
The funding came from the queen of Castile, so the profits from Spanish expedition flowed to Castile.
When the Domain of Biscay was incorporated into the kingdom of Castile, the king of Castile visited Guernica and swore an oath under the Tree promising to uphold the fueros or local laws of Biscay.
Castile, a Black man who was licensed to carry a handgun, was driving with his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter in a suburb near St. Paul, Minnesota when his car was pulled over.
Nearly seven years earlier, more than 1,000 Memphis residents took over the same bridge in the largest act of civil disobedience in the city’s history following the police killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.
Socialist Castile-La Mancha, meanwhile, is backing the government's decree with the help of local right-wingers.
In 2016, the Minnesota Lynx drew ire from the Minnesota Police Department after members of the team spoke out against the killing of Philando Castile in nearby Falcon Heights.
Nearly a decade after a St. Anthony police officer fatally shot Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, the two cities will resume their shared policing under a new arrangement that will also help St. Anthony finance updated headquarters for their force.
A jury found Mr Yanez not guilty of manslaughter; Castile's family and his girlfriend reached settlements with various cities.
Correction: An earlier version of this piece suggested Philando Castile was killed by a Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer.
Many of us were deterred to own one after the shooting of Philando Castile.
Stormzy has also spoken out in the past against the unjust killings of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, and other Black lives snuffed out by police in America.
The jury acquitted in the Philando Castile case, in what appeared to be a very bad decision from the outside looking in, but that’s on the jury, not the prosecution.
The names were Taylor, Elijah McClain, Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, Floyd, Philando Castile and Rice.
Common combinations with castile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of castile 57×
- castile and 21×
- in castile 11×
- castile in 10×
- philando castile 10×
- and castile 8×
- castile was 7×
- castile the 6×
- new castile 5×
- with castile 5×