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New Castile

Proper noun

Meaning

New Castile

(historical) A Spanish governorate in South America that existed from 1528 to 1542.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The capture of Toledo in 1085 added New Castile to the crown's territories, and the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) heralded the Muslim loss of most of southern Spain. Source: Internet

Note how Old Castile was called Kingdom of Castile and New Castile was called the Kingdom of Toledo. Source: Internet

Castile and other Iberian regions in 1770 Old Castile and New Castile (1833 until the early 1980s). Source: Internet

Madrid had been in New Castile until the 1970s and has traditionally been considered Castilian. Source: Internet

The king of Spain had awarded the Governorate of New Toledo to Almagro and the Governorate of New Castile to Pizarro. Source: Internet

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