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Castle
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castle
English
<dab>
+ (surname)
Etymology
English surname, from the noun en castle.
Proper noun
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en countable en common nouns referring to someone who lived in or worked in a castle
en UK rail transport en GWR 4073 Class Castle class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR
The first part of the name of certain nuclear tests by the US: Castle Bravo, Castle Romeo, Castle Yankee etc. See Operation Castle.
en UK Durham University slang en University College, Durham, a constituent college located in en Durham Castle
A place name:
en hamlet par/Bowerchalke south-west co/Wiltshire cc/England OS grid ref SU0122. OS: Wiltshire
en wcomm (without a council) in city/Cardiff cc/Wales; it includes Cardiff Castle.
en wcomm (without a council) in city/Swansea cc/Wales; it includes Swansea Castle.
en town co/Okfuskee County s/Oklahoma c/USA derived from the surname.
Derived terms
en Caskett Castle bob Kastle
See also
en Kessel
References
Anagrams
en acelst CELTAs Castel cleats eclats sclate éclats
en Historical events History of science History of the United States Nuclear warfare