English Explanatory Dictionary

castella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of castellum
noun
  1. A Japanese sponge cake made of sugar, flour, eggs, and starch syrup.
name
  1. A town in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

Word forms

castella castellas

Etymology

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”).

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