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name
A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
plural of castellum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
A Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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History
From Japanese カステラ (kasutera), from Portuguese pão de Castela (literally “bread of Castile”), an old type of sponge cake which they brought to Japan. Compare Italian pandispagna, Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”).
Across languages
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