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Place nameCastile
Other namesCastilla, Castilian
CountryEspaña
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area of plains hemmed in by mountains; formerly a political region & an ancient kingdom; united with Navarre 1029, with León 1037; annexed several Moorish kingdoms 11-15th cen.; united with Aragon 1479 after marriage of Isabella to Ferdinand of Aragon.
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