castello

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

• costella, scollate

Latin

Noun

castellō

1. dative/ablative singular of castellum