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castello¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian castello.

noun castellos · castelli

  1. A municipality of San Marino. The bus wound its way up into San Marino, passing through the various small castellos that add up to form the diminutive country, […]

Castello²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Castello.

proper noun

  1. The largest of the six sestieri of Venice; includes the Arsenale

Castello³

Where it comes from

* As an Italian surname, from the noun castello (“fortress”). Also sometimes shortened from Castellano.

* As a Catalan surname Castelló, of the same meaning, named after several towns.

* As an Irish surname, from Mac Oisdealbhaigh, see Costello.

* As an English surname, variant of Castlehow, named after several places, from castel + Howe.

* As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kastelic, compare Costello.

proper noun Castellos

  1. A surname.

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name sestieri of Venice

ItalianoCastello

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@misc{castello_2026,
  title = {castello},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/castello},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}