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Castro is an Iberian word coming from Latin castrum, a fortification. It may refer to:

Castro culture - Iron-Age culture in Northern Portugal and Galicia (Spain)

Castro (village), Cividade, and Citânia - Types of settlements of the Castro culture

Castro ceramics

    Castro
                Cubans
                Central Americans
                South Americans
                Europeans
                North Americans
                Asians
        A place
            In Spain
        Companies
        See also

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Cubans

Fidel Castro, President of Cuba.

Raúl Castro, 1st Vice President of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro

Ramon Castro, Cuban revolutionary, brother of Fidel Castro

Ángel Castro, Cuban landowner and father of Fidel Castro

Mariela Castro, director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Raúl Castro.

Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro and Cuban exile

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Central Americans

Salvador Castaneda Castro, President of El Salvador

Carlos Castro, Costa Rican footballer

Juan Castro, Mexican baseball player

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South Americans

Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian journalist and writer

Camilla de Castro, transsexual model and actress

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Europeans

Aureo Castro, Macanese/Portuguese composer, musician and teacher

Enrique Castro, Quini, Spanish football player

Americo Castro, Spanish cultural historian

Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro, philosopher

Inês de Castro, Galician noblewoman

Rosalía de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language.

Various members of the de Castro family

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North Americans

Raúl Héctor Castro, Arizona governor, 1975–1977

Henri Castro, pioneer of the Republic of Texas

José Castro, leader, Mexican opposition to U.S. rule in California

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Asians

Noli de Castro, Philippine politician

Castro Issa, Palestinian writer and thinker.

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A place

Castro, is the name of three cities in Italy:

Castro, a destroyed town in the province of Viterbo (Latium)

Castro, in the province of Lecce (Apulia)

Castro, in the province of Bergamo (Lombardy)

Castro, Chile

The Castro, a gay-oriented neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA

Castro Street, the primary street in that neighborhood

The Castro Theatre, a landmark movie theater located in the Castro community

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In Spain

Castro-Urdiales, a port city in Cantabria.

Castrocontrigo

Castrojeriz

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Companies

Castro - a clothing company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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