Castro

Borrowed from Spanish Castro. The neighborhood is named after Californio politician José Castro (1808–1860).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæstɹoʊ/

Castro

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, known for its LGBT community.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Castro is the 138^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 184,134 individuals. Castro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.42%) individuals.

• Castro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castro District, San Francisco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Castor, Cators, Croats, acrost, actors, castor, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

From castro.

Castro

1. a habitational surname

From Spanish Castro. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

• Hyphenation: Cas‧tro
• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾo/, [ˈkas.tɾo]

Castro

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Castro

• Crasto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Castro, from castro (“fortification”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish Castro.

The municipality in Brazil was named after Portuguese minister Martinho de Melo e Castro.[1]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -astɾu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtɾu
• Homophone: castro
• Hyphenation: Cas‧tro

Castro

1. a toponym indicating the presence of a fort.
2. A city and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.

Castro m or f by sense

1. a toponymic surname

Probably ultimately from Latin castra (“military camp”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastɾo/ [ˈkas.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -astɾo
• Syllabification: Cas‧tro

Castro m or f by sense

1. a surname, mostly associated with the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro
2. A city and commune in Chile.
3. (historical) A department of Chile