castles in Spain

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castles in Spain

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Calque of French châteaux en Espagne, recorded in the Roman de la Rose in the 13th century and translated into English around 1365.

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plural, plural only Synonym of castle in the air. Glittering castles in Spain were shaping themselves out of the mists and rainbows of her lively fancy; adventures wonderful and enthralling were happening to her in cloudland—adventures that always turned out triumphantly and never involved her in scrapes like those of actual life.
Similar: castle in the air

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@misc{castles_in_spain_2026,
  title = {castles in Spain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/castles%20in%20spain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}