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castro

nounmasculine/ˈkaʃtɾu/medium

cas·tro

Definition

A fortified Iron Age settlement, characteristic of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula.
Archaeologists studied a castro in the Serra da Estrela.
Castro de São Lourenço is an important historical site.
Common collocations
Iron Age castropre-Roman castroruins of a castro

Etymology

Do latim 'castrum' (fortificação, acampamento).

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