Castro
Encyclopedia
Castro is a Romance
(Italian
, Portuguese
, Spanish
and Galician
) word originally derived from Latin
"Castrum", a pre-Roman
military camp or fortification (cf: Greek
: kastron; Proto-Celtic: *Kassrik; ).
It may refer to:
Italy
Switzerland
United States
Romance languages
The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome...
(Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
) word originally derived from Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
"Castrum", a pre-Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
military camp or fortification (cf: Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
: kastron; Proto-Celtic: *Kassrik; ).
It may refer to:
People
- Castro (surname)Castro (surname)Castro is a Romance surname coming from Latin castrum, a fortification...
- Fidel CastroFidel CastroFidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
, political leader of Cuba - Raúl CastroRaúl CastroRaúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008...
- House of CastroHouse of CastroThe House of Castro, is believed to have had its origins in Castile, the name deriving from the town of Castrogeriz , and had deep branches in Galicia.-Origins and Brief History:...
, Spanish noble family
Places
Chile- Castro, ChileCastro, ChileCastro is a city and commune in the Chilean island of Chiloé Island. Castro is the capital of the Chiloé Province in the Los Lagos Region. It is Chile's third oldest city in continued existence...
Italy
- Castro, Apulia, a comune in the province of Lecce
- Castro, Lazio, a destroyed town in the province of Viterbo
- Castro, Lombardy, a comune in the province of Bergamo
- Castel di Castro, 13th century fortified city at the site of modern Cagliari, Sardinia
Switzerland
- Castro, TicinoCastro, TicinoCastro is a village and former municipality in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.It was first recorded in year 1200 as Castri.It had 68 inhabitants in 1567, which increased to 114 in 1808 and 129 in 1850. It then decreased to 97 in 1900, 81 in 1950 and 62 in 1970...
United States
- Castro County, Texas
- Castro CoveCastro CoveCastro Cove is an embayment of the San Pablo Bay in Richmond, California between Point San Pablo and the confluence of Wildcat Creek into Castro Creek.-Overview:...
, an embayment of the San Pablo Bay in Richmond, California - Castro CreekCastro CreekCastro Creek is a creek in Richmond, California in the western part of the city adjacent to the Chevron Oil Refinery. Wildcat Creek drains into it directly and though other Wildcat Marsh tributaries into Castro Cove of San Pablo Bay...
, a creek in Richmond, California - Castro Street StationCastro Street StationCastro Street Station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Castro Street, and 17th Street in The Castro district of San Francisco, California...
, a Metro station in San Francisco, California - Castro TheatreCastro TheatreThe Castro Theatre is a popular San Francisco movie palace which became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. Located at 429 Castro Street, in the Castro district, it was built in 1922 with a Spanish Colonial Baroque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window...
, a movie theater in San Francisco, California - The Castro, San Francisco, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California
Other
- Castro cultureCastro cultureCastro culture is the archaeological term for naming the Celtic archaeological culture of the northwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula from the end of the Bronze Age until it was subsumed in local Roman culture...
, Iron-Age, Bronze-Age and Celtic culture in the Northern Iberian Peninsula- Castros in SpainCastros in SpainA Castro is a fortified settlement, usually pre-Roman, some from late Bronze Age and Iron Age, the oldest research associated with the Celtic culture...
- Castro (village), types of settlements of the Castro culture
- Castros in Spain
- Castro (clothing)Castro (clothing)Castro is an Israeli clothing company specializing in men's and women's fashions. Publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the company is valued at 70 million US dollars....
, an Israel-based clothing company - Wars of CastroWars of CastroThe Wars of Castro is a term referring to a series of events in the mid-17th century revolving around the ancient city of Castro , which eventually resulted in the city's destruction on 2 September 1649...
, conflict between the Papacy and the Farnese dukes of Parma - Castro FCCastro FCCastro Fútbol Club is a football team based in Castro Urdiales in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1952, the team plays in Tercera División - Group 3. The club's home ground is Mioño, which has a capacity of 1,000 spectators....
, Spanish football team