Castel

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/kætel/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld French castel →
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Meanings

Castel1

proper nounCastel (plural Castels)

plural Castels

  1. A surname.

Castel2

proper noun
  1. A parish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchcastel“fortress, castle”
  2. EnglishCastel

* As an English surname, variant of Castle. * As a Catalan, Aragonese, and Jewish surname, variant of Castell. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Cassel. * As a German surname, variant of Kastel, from Kastell (“fort, citadel, castle”), related to the above. * As a French surname, from Old French castel (“fortress, castle”).

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Translations

French Sainte-Marie-du-Câtel
  • Sainte-Marie-du-Câtelparish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Hindi कॅस्टेल
  • कॅस्टेल (kĕsṭel)parish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Lithuanian Kastelo
  • Kasteloparish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Russian Кастел
  • Кастел (Kastel)parish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Urdu کاسٹیل
  • کاسٹیلparish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Castel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Castel

MLA

“Castel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Castel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Castel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Castel.

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