Castillo

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English

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Castillo

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Castillo

1. A habitational surname from Spanish, from Spanish castillo (“castle”).
   • 1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4:

     Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense.

2. A surname from French, a rare variant of Castillon.

Alternative forms

• Castillos, Castel, Castello, Castilla (Spanish surname)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Castillo is the 93^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 230420 individuals. Castillo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.26%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Callisto, Costilla, localist

Aklanon

Etymology

From Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧lo
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiljo/ [kɐs̪ˈt̪il̪.jo]

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo

Related terms

• kastilyo

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiljo/ [kɐsˈtil.jo]
• Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧lo

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo, widespread across Ilocano-speaking areas

Related terms

• kastilio

Ivatan

Etymology

From Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a common surname from Spanish, most common in Batanes

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a surname from Spanish

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cas‧til‧lo
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiljo/, [kasˈtɪl.jʊ]

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo

Spanish

Etymology

From castillo (“castle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʝo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʎo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʃo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kasˈtiʒo/ [kasˈt̪i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: Cas‧ti‧llo

Proper noun

Castillo m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Descendants

• Cebuano: Castillo
• English: Castillo
• Ilocano: Castillo
• Pangasinan: Castillo
• Tagalog: Castillo
• Waray-Waray: Castillo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo, from castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kasˈtiljo/ [kɐsˈt̪il.jo]
• Rhymes: -iljo
• Syllabification: Cas‧til‧lo
• Homophone: kastilyo

Proper noun

Castillo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo, common in the Philippines, widespread across Tagalog-speaking areas but most concentrated around Metro Manila, Batangas, Laguna, Bulacan and Cavite.
2. a barangay of Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines

Related terms

• Castillejo
• Castillejos
• Castillon
• Castro
• de Castro
• del Castillo
• kastilyo
• Padre Castillo

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Castillo. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Proper noun

Castillo

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castillo