Castile, Castille or Castilla may refer to:

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Castile (historical region) Castile or Castille (; ) is a territory of imprecise limits located in Spain. The use of the concept of Castile relies on the assimilation (via a metonymy) of a 19th-century determinism, determinist geographical notion, that of Castile as Spain's ...

, a vaguely defined historical region of Spain covering most of Castile and León, all of the Community of Madrid and most of Castilla–La Mancha *

Kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile (; : ) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile (, ), as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Ca ...

, one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula, 1065–1230 *

Crown of Castile The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Castile, Castile and Kingd ...

, a medieval state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 *Two regions of the Kingdom of Spain (until 1982): **

Old Castile Old Castile ( ) is a historic region of Spain, which had different definitions across the centuries. Its extension was formally defined in the 1833 territorial division of Spain as the sum of the following provinces: Santander (now Cantabria ...

, in the north **

New Castile (Spain) New Castile ( ) is a historic region of Spain. It roughly corresponds to the medieval Moorish Taifa of Toledo, taken during the ''Reconquista'' of the peninsula by Christians and thus becoming the southern part of Castile. The extension of Ne ...

, in the south *Two contemporary autonomous communities of Spain: **

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

, in the north **

Castilla–La Mancha Castilla–La Mancha (, ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Province of Albacete, Albacete, Province of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Province of Cuenca, Cuenca, Province of Guadalajar ...

, in the south

Elsewhere

* Castile, New York * Castile (village), New York * Castilla District, Piura Province, Peru *

Castilla de Oro Castilla de Oro or del Oro () was the name given by the Spaniards, Spanish settlers at the beginning of the 16th century to the Central American territories from the Gulf of Urabá, near today's Colombian-Panamanian Colombia–Panama border, bord ...

, name given by Spanish in 16th century to Central American territories *

Governorate of New Castile The Governorate of New Castile (''Gobernación de Nueva Castilla'', ) was the gubernatorial region administered to Francisco Pizarro in 1529 by King Charles I of Spain, of which he was appointed governor. The region roughly consisted of mode ...

, modern Peru * Castilla, Sorsogon, municipality in Sorsogon, Philippines

Other uses

* Castile (surname) *

Castilians Castilians () are the inhabitants of the historical region of Castile in central Spain. However, the boundaries of the region are disputed. Not all people in the regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile or Crown of Castile think of themsel ...

, inhabitants of the historical region of Castile, Spain * Castilla (Vino de la Tierra), Spanish name for wines in Castile-La Mancha * ''Castilia'' (butterfly), genus of brush-footed butterflies * ''Castilla'' (plant), genus of rubber trees * Castile soap, made with olive oil from the Castile region of Spain *

Auberge de Castille The Auberge de Castille (), historically in full known as the Auberge de Castille et Portugal, is an Inn, auberge in Valletta, Malta. The auberge is located at Castile Place, close to Saint James Cavalier, the Malta Stock Exchange, and the Upp ...

, the office of the Prime Minister of Malta *

Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team that plays in . It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Reserve teams in Spain play in the ...

, the reserve team of Real Madrid *

The Castiles The Castiles were a garage rock band that featured vocalist/lead guitarist/harmonica player Bruce Springsteen, and was formed by rhythm guitarist/vocalist George Theiss, with various lineups during its existence. They recorded two songs, and per ...

, first group to include Bruce Springsteen * Castille, a fictional character in ''

Phantom Brave is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation 2 video game console, developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. It was released on January 22, 2004 in Japan, on August 31, 2004 in North America and on February 4, 2005 in Europe. The No ...

'' * Spanish ship ''Castilla'', any of 12 ships from the Spanish Navy * Honduran ship ''Castilla'', torpedoed by German submarine ''U-107'' during World War II *

Kastilà Spanish Filipino or Hispanic Filipino ( Spanish: Español Filipino, Hispano Filipino, Tagalog: Kastílang Pilipino, Cebuano: Katsílà) are people of Spanish and Filipino heritage. The term may also include Filipino mestizos of Spanish ances ...

, Tagalog word for the Spaniards in the Philippines

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