Castro

Definition: Castro

Castro

Noun

1. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927).

Date "Castro" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

"Castro" is a common misspelling or typo for: castor.

Specialty Definitions: Castro

Domain	Definitions
Biographical Satire	CASTRO, Cipriano, of Venezuela. First man to introduce American-Irish politics into South America. Acquired a fortune, which was greatly increased by a personal friendship with the American asphalt trust. Was revolutioned a few times, and finally escaped with the mint and his life. Career: Dangerous. Ambition: Subjects without guns? and a New York police force in his country. Recreation: Taxes. Address: ?. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Castro

Synonym: Fidel Castro (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Olmos-Castro phenomenon (medicine).

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Crosswords: Castro

English words defined with "Castro": Castroism, Che Guevara ♦ Ernesto Guevara de la Serna ♦ Fidel Castro ♦ Guevara ♦ ostentatiously ♦ showily ♦ with ostentation. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Castro": CASTRO. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Castro" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (Castro), Latin (castrate, emasculate, enervate, unman, weaken).

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Modern Usage: Castro

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	I believe in God and Senator Dodd and keeping old Castro down (Draft Dodger Rag; performing artist: Phil Ochs)
Movie/TV Titles	La Badessa di Castro (1974) Vida e Obra de Ferreira de Castro (1971) Galicia y Rosalía de Castro (1970) Recuerdo de Rosalía de Castro (1970) Castro Urdiales (1967)
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Commercial Usage: Castro

Domain	Title
Books	Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond (reference) In the Pirate's Den: My Life As a Secret Agent for Castro (reference) CIA Targets Fidel: Secret 1967 CIA Inspector General's Report on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro (reference) The Rhetorical Uses of the Authorizing Figure: Fidel Castro and Jose Marti (reference) Zr Rifle: The Plot to Kill Kennedy and Castro (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Castro

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Photo Album: Castro

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	NRCS employees Karen Strohmeyer and Janine Castro with William Chambers owner of Stahlbush Island Farms discussing a plan for streambank stabilizations and future riparian buffers.Credit: Gary Wilson.		I will get a snapshot of Castro on the fly.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Fidel Castro.Credit: Library of Congress.		Fidel Castro building a sand castle on a tiny island as a huge wave bears down on him] / Oliphant.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Bucareli promenade / C. Castro, del. y lito. ; lit. de Debray editor. México, Portal del Coliseo Viejo.Credit: Library of Congress.		Group portrait of (from left to right) Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella, and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticós, seated in convertible car in street procession, Havana, Cuba.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Dust covering farm implements. Castro County, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.		Invading mounds of sand forced abandonment of this hog pen. Castro County, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Fidel Castro.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Castro

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Cuba	On January 15, Juan Carols Gonzalez Leyva and Luis Esteban Alvarez of the Independent Fraternity of the Blind of Cuba (FRACIC) sent a letter to President Castro complaining about the difficult situation that blind persons encounter. (references)
Civil Liberties	Cuba	If President Castro or members of the ANPP or Council of State are the objects of criticism, the sentence can be extended to 3 years. (references)
Economic History	Cuba (09/01)	Under Castro, Cuba became a highly militarized society. (references)
Human Rights	Peru	There were no developments in the 1999 death of Esteban Minan Castro. (references)
	Brazil	A new president of FEBEM, Saulo Castro de Abreu Filho, was appointed in January. (references)
	Nicaragua	It also disarmed 423 members of the proSandinista "Andres Castro United Front" (FUAC). (references)
Minorities	Cuba	President Castro acknowledged that the revolution has not eradicated racism. (references)
	Cuba	Nevertheless racial discrimination often occurred and was acknowledged publicly by high governmental officials, including President Castro during remarks at the World Conference on Racism in South Africa. (references)
Political Economy	Cuba	The Communist Party is the only legal political entity, and President Castro personally chooses the membership of the Politburo, the select group that heads the party. (references)
Political Rights	Cuba	In practice a small group of leaders, under the direction of President Castro, selects the members of the highest policy-making bodies of the Communist Party: The Politburo and the Central Committee. (references)
	Cuba	Although President Castro signed the Declaration of Vina del Mar at the Sixth Ibero-American Summit in 1996, in which government leaders reaffirmed their commitment to democracy and political pluralism, the Government continued to oppose independent political activity on the ground that the national system provides a "perfected" form of democracy and that pluralism exists within the one-party structure. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Castro

"Castro" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.89% of the time. "Castro" is used about 292 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	95.89%	280	17,458
Noun (singular)	3.77%	11	106,044
Noun (common)	0.34%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	292	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Castro

The following table summarizes the usage of "Castro" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Castro	Last name	39,000	282
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Castro

Expressions using "Castro": Castro County ♦ Castro Valley ♦ Fidel Castro. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Castro": Castro-caldas, castro-communist, castro-designed.
	Ending with "Castro": anti-castro.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Castro

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fidel castro	1,392	carol castro	37
castro valley ca	566	broma castro fidel	35
castro	304	castro prank	35
christian castro	290	castro convertibles	34
cristian castro	224	castro christian lyrics	33
castro fidel picture	167	call castro prank	30
veronica castro	134	castro district school unified valley	28
fidel castro biography	84	castro cuba fidel	28
tommy castro	72	raul castro	27
castro valley	69	call castro fidel prank	26
miguel castro	62	camila castro de	25
alex castro	51	castro marysol	25
castro viviane	47	castro valley real estate	24
castro theater	45	castro fair street	22
alves castro	44	castro fidel prank	22
castro convertible	42	castro san francisco	21
castro fidel photo	42	castro fidel pic	20
castro valley high school	39	fidel castro ruz	19
castro cristian lyrics	38	biografia castro de fidel	19
camilla castro de	37	angelica castro	19
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Modern Translations: Castro

Language		Translations for "Castro"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Castro. (various references)

Pig Latin		astrocay

Serbo-Croatian		kastro. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Castro

Language	Date	Source	Daniel Chapter 8, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eidon en tw oramati tou enupniou mou emou ontoV en sousoiV th polei htiV estin en elumaidi cwra eti ontoV mou proV th pulh ailam
Latin	405	Vulgate	Vidi in visione mea cum essem in Susis castro quod est in Aelam civitate vidi autem in visione esse me super portam Ulai
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Sawy in my visioun, whan I was in the castel Susis, whiche is in the cuntre of Helam; forsothe I sawy in visioun me for to be vpon the yate Vlay.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
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Matched Bible Translations: Castro

Language	Daniel Chapter 8, Verse 2
Cebuano	Ug nakita ko sa usa ka panan-awon; karon nahitabo sa ingon niini nga sa pagkakita ko nga didto ako sa Susan sa palacio nga atua sa lalawigan sa Elam; ug nakita ko sa usa ka panan-awon nga ako didto sa daplin sa suba sa Ulai.
Croatian	Gledah viðenje, i dok gledah, naðoh se u � ušanu, èvrstu gradu u pokrajini Elamu; i u viðenju se vidjeh na rijeci Ulaju.
Danish	Jeg skuede i Synet, og det var mig, som om jeg var i Borgen Susan i Landskabet Elam; og jeg så mig i Synet stående ved Floden Ulaj.
Finnish	Kun minä näyssä katselin, havaitsin minä olevani Suusanin linnassa, Eelamin maakunnassa; ja kun minä näyssä katselin, olin minä Uulai-joen rannalla.
French	Lorsque j`eus cette vision, il me sembla que j`étais � Suse, la capitale, dans la province d`Élam; et pendant ma vision, je me trouvais près du fleuve d`Ulaï.
German	Ich war aber in solchem Gesicht zu Schloß Susan im Lande Elam, am Wasser Ulai.
Hungarian	És láték látomásban; és mikor láték, Susán várában voltam, a mely Elám tartományában van; és láték látomásban, és ímé az Ulai folyam mellett valék.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dalam penglihatan itu kudapati diriku di provinsi Elam, di Susan, ibukota Persia. Aku berdiri di dekat Sungai Ulai,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka kulihat dalam khayal, bahwa dalam khayal adalah aku di dalam kota Syusyan, yang di benua Elam, maka kulihat dalam khayal itu bahwa adalah aku di tepi sungai Ulai.
Italian	Quand'ebbi questa visione, mi trovavo nella cittadella di Susa, che è nella provincia dell'Elam, e mi sembrava, in visione, di essere presso il fiume Ulai.
Maori	I kite moemoea ahau: na i toku kitenga, i Huhana ahau, i te kainga kingi, i tera i te kawanatanga o Erama: na ka kite moemoea ahau, a i te taha ahau o te awa o Urai.
Norwegian	Da jeg hadde dette syn, forekom det mig som jeg var i borgen Susan i landskapet Elam, og videre forekom det mig i synet som jeg var ved elven Ulai.
Portuguese	E na visão que tive, parecia-me que eu estava na cidadela de Susã, na província de Elão; e conforme a visão, eu estava junto ao rio Ulai.
Rumanian	Cknd am avut vedenia aceasta, mi s`a pqrut cq eram la capitala Susa, kn yinutul Elam; wi kn timpul vedeniei mele, mq aflam lkngq rkul Ulai.
Swedish	Då jag nu i denna syn såg till, tyckte jag mig vara i Susans borg i hövdingdömet Elam; och då jag vidare såg till i synen, fann jag mig vara vid floden Ulai.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Castro

Misspellings
	"Castro" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Astrov, Camstro, Cassero, Casto, Castoro, castra, Cathro, Cazrti, Cisto, Cuatro, Eastrop, Hastrup, Jastrun, Kastor, Kastri, kastrou, Kastrup. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Castro

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: actors, castor, costar, scrota, tarocs.
	Words within the letters "a-c-o-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: actor, ascot, carts, coast, coats, costa, orcas, ratos, roast, rotas, scart, tacos, taroc, taros, toras, torcs.
	-2 letters: acts, arco, arcs, arts, cars, cart, cast, cats, coat, cors, cost, cots, oars, oast, oats, ocas, orca, orcs, orts, osar, rato, rats, rocs, rota, rots, scar, scat, scot, soar, sora, sort, star, stoa, taco, taos.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-o-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: cantors, captors, carrots, cartons, castors, cavorts, coaster, coaters, contras, costard, costars, cottars, cratons, factors, ostraca, oxcarts, scrotal, surcoat, trocars, turacos.
	+2 letters: acrobats, acrostic, acrotism, actorish, ancestor, aoristic, apricots, cabestro, cabresto, caltrops, carotids, carotins, carports, cartoons, castrato, chantors, chariots, citators, coactors, coarsest, coasters, comparts, congrats, contrast, copastor, corantos, costards, costmary, courants, creators, cryostat, curators, dogcarts, ectosarc, enactors, escargot, exactors, forecast, haricots, locaters, locators, orgastic, ostracod, ostracon, outraces, overacts, overcast, piscator, postcard, postrace, reactors, redcoats, ricottas, sectoral, stockcar, surcoats, thoraces, touracos, tractors, trochars, turacous.
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