Castro
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Castro is a Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Galician) word originally derived from Latin "Castrum", a Roman military camp or fortification (cf: Greek: kastron; Proto-Celtic: *Kassrik; Template:Lang-br).
It may refer to:
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People
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Places
- Castro, city in Chile
- Castro, destroyed town in Lazio, Italy
- Castro, town in Apulia, Italy
- Castro, town in Lombardy, Italy
- Castro dei Volsci, town in Lazio, Italy
- Castro Urdiales, village in Cantabria, Spain
- The Castro, neighborhood in San Francisco, USA
- Castro Street Station, Metro station
- Castro Theatre, a landmark movie theater
- Castro County, Texas, U.S. county
- Castro, Ticino, municipality in Switzerland
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Other
- Castro (clothing), an Israel-based clothing company
- Castro culture, Iron-Age culture in Northern Portugal and in Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria (Northern Spain)
- Castro (village), types of settlements of the Castro culture
- Castro (band), a cabaret-electronica band from Croatia
- Wars of Castro, conflict between the Papacy and the Farnese dukes of Parma
- Castro FC, Spanish football team
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