Example sentences for: castilian

How can you use “castilian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For centuries, the Sephardic Jewish neighborhoods of cities from Tangier, Fez, and Amsterdam to Salonika, Istanbul, and Aleppo echoed with Ladino, a 15th-century Castilian dialect (sprinkled with Hebrew words) spoken by the Spanish exiles wherever they settled.

  • Many have become so naturalized as to sound sometimes Castilian, sometimes indigenous, as if they belonged in Quechua, for example.

  • You might still come across both versions, but the official name of the boom town is Sant Antoni Abad (San Antonio in Castilian or Abbot St. Anthony in English).

  • Perhaps Zarco knew precisely where he was heading, having learned of the existence of Madeira from a Castilian source.

  • At an altitude of more than 640 meters (2,100 feet), this city on the Castilian plateau, Europe’s highest capital, is scorching in summer, when wilting residents flee for the coast or cooler northern climes, and freezing in winter, when many Madrileños bolt for the Sierra Nevada, just a couple hours south, to ski.


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