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Castro
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castro castró castrò
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en es Castro. The neighborhood is en José Castro 1808 1860 = 1 Californio politician.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkæstɹoʊ/ US
Proper noun
en Spanish.
en neighborhood cities/San Francisco s/California, known for its LGBT community.
Derived terms
en Castrism Castrist Castro clone Castroesque Castroist Castroite Castroneves Castrophile Castrovian
Translations
surname
Armenian: hy Կաստրո
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 卡斯特羅 Kǎsītèluó
Greek: el Κάστρο
Portuguese: pt Castro
Russian: ru Ка́стро
Spanish: es Castro
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Castro is the 138th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 184,134 individuals. Castro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.42%) individuals.
Further reading
Castro District, San Francisco
Anagrams
en acorst Castor Cators Croats acrost actors castor co-star costar scroat scrota tarocs
Galician
Etymology
From gl castro.
Proper noun
gl habitational
Pangasinan
Etymology
From pag es Castro. pag.
Pronunciation
pag Cas tro
Proper noun
pag common Spanish es:Castro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Crasto
Etymology
pt roa-opt Castro, from roa-opt castro fortification. Cognate with gl,es Castro.
The municipality in Brazil was pt Martinho de Melo e Castro Portuguese minister pt:Martinho de Melo e Castro 1.
Pronunciation
pt astɾu Brazil aʃtɾu Portugal, Rio de Janeiro 2
pt castro
pt Cas tro
Proper noun
a toponym indicating the presence of a fort
pt city/and/municipality s/Paraná c/Brazil
Derived terms
pt Castro Daire Castro de Avelãs Castro Laboreiro Castro Marim Castro Verde Castro Vicente
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt toponymic
References
Spanish
Etymology
Probably ultimately from es la castra military camp.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es, mostly associated with the Cuban leader Fidel Castro
es city/and/commune in c/Chile
es historical es department c/Chile