Castilianism

noun

Cas·​til·​ian·​ism

plural -s

: a characteristic feature of the Castilian dialect or of Castilian Spanish occurring in another language or dialect

Word History

Etymology

modification of Spanish castellanismo, from castellano + -ismo -ism

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