Castile
geographical name
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Cas·tile
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ka-ˈstēl  
                                                      
                                                          
            
            variants  
 or Spanish Castilla    
    
                                                        kä-ˈstēl-yä  
                                                    
        -ˈstē-yä
            
                                
              
          
                                                      region and medieval kingdom in central and northern Spain divided by the Sierra de Guadarrama into two regions which were formerly provinces:                                      
                
        Old Castile to the north, whose capital was Burgos
    
              
                                                      , and                                      
                
        New Castile to the south, whose capital was Toledo
    
                
                    
see also castilian
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