Definitions

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  • noun The institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th century Mexico.
  • noun Variety, in reference to and in names of Portugal grapes or wine.

Etymologies

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Latin: feminine form of casto, "pure". "Lineage", "breed" or "race" in Spanish and Portuguese languages.

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Examples

  • Ralph Lauren’s new ‘film’ for the launch of their perfume Notorious, featuring Laetitia Casta, is out in the UK today.

    2008 October « One Size Fits One 2008

  • Ralph Lauren’s new ‘film’ for the launch of their perfume Notorious, featuring Laetitia Casta, is out in the UK today.

    Ad blasts from the past « One Size Fits One 2008

  • A dark beer, "Casta", made in Monterrey, is one of my favorites but cost double.

    Local Cerveza in Veracruz 2008

  • A dark beer, "Casta", made in Monterrey, is one of my favorites but cost double.

    Local Cerveza in Veracruz 2008

  • A dark beer, "Casta", made in Monterrey, is one of my favorites but cost double.

    Local Cerveza in Veracruz 2008

  • A dark beer, "Casta", made in Monterrey, is one of my favorites but cost double.

    Local Cerveza in Veracruz 2008

  • Closing the show was one of France's most beautiful women, Laetitia Casta.

    Natalia Vodianova & Laetitia Casta Paid Pretty Sum To Model For Cavalli (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Vincenzo Bellini Milan, Italy, 1831Boasting the famous Casta Diva aria, Norma is the ultimate bel canto tragedy about a druid priestess who, secretly, has two children and an erring lover, with catastrophic results.

    Top 50 operas 2011

  • Another take on a love story is in store in "The Island," a second feature by Bulgarian director Kamen Kalev, whose €1.5 million budget didn't discourage established French actress/model Laetitia Casta from shooting on a tiny, uninhabited isle in the Black Sea.

    The Other Cannes Film Festival Lanie Goodman 2011

  • Since its release in 2008, the mixture has occupied the medicine cabinets of famous beauties such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Laetitia Casta, Julianne Moore and a spate of Victoria's Secret models.

    Linda Rodin 2012

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