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Castellano may refer to:
- Spanish for Castilian (disambiguation), referring to the historical region Castile or its language, Spanish
- Castellano, Trentino, a village in Italy
- Castellano (river), a river in Italy
- Castellano (surname), a surname
- Castellano (grape) a Spanish wine grape
- Carea Castellano Manchego a dog breed native to Spain
Castellano its a Spanish and Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abel Castellano, Jr. (born 1983), Venezuelan jockey
- Frank Castellano (born 1964), Commander of USS Bainbridge during hostage rescue
- Javier Castellano (born 1977), Venezuelan jockey
- Paul Castellano (1915-1985), mafia boss
- Pedro Castellano (born 1970), Venezuelan baseball player
- Ramón Castellano (born 1947), expressionist painter
- Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988), American actor
- Talia Castellano (1999–2013), American blogger
- Torry Castellano (born 1979), drummer of The Donnas
The Castellano is a river in Italy. Its source is in the Monti della Laga mountains near the border between the province of Teramo and the province of Rieti north of Monte Gorzano. It flows northeast through the mountains in the province of Teramo and eventually forms the border between the province of Teramo and the province of Ascoli Piceno. The river flows west of Monte dei Fiori before entering the province of Ascoli Piceno. The river joins the Tronto at Ascoli Piceno.
Usage examples of "castellano".
For all of his desire to wrap himself in the mantle of a successful businessman, Castellano still commanded a huge army of stone killers like Tommy Bilotti, Frank DeCicco, Roy DeMeo, Nino Gaggi, a violent Irish gang called the Westies in Manhattan that Castellano used for off-the-record hits--and, of course, Sammy Gravano.
Since the local was Irish dominated, the assignment had been given to the Irish gang of killers, the Westies, that Paul Castellano first used for off-the-record hits.
As he neared the end of his life, married to his first cousin who was also the sister of a capo named Paul Castellano, Gambino chose Castellano to be the new family boss, bypassing his expected successor and underboss, Neil Dellacroce.
Within the family, there was a Castellano faction and a Dellacroce faction, and no final decision was made until Dellacroce was paroled from prison about a month after Carlo was buried.
At the head of the table is Paul Castellano and sitting next to him is Neil Dellacroce.
Paul Castellano reassigned him to the crew of Tommy Bilotti, an unrivaled Castellano confidant.
Even though Bilotti was a captain, he chauffeured Castellano everywhere he went and hardly a day passed that the two did not meet.
DeCicco also was one of the few made men equally at ease with both the Castellano and Dellacroce wings of the family.
With its grand portico, wiseguys started calling the mansion the White House, an analogy that Castellano did not find displeasing.
This led to a widening division between the so-called Castellano and Dellacroce factions in the family.
With Castellano waving a pistol, the trio escaped in his car, the license plate of which was immediately noted.
Perdue was noncommittal about any aid he got from Castellano regarding his union troubles.
Now, twenty-odd years after Apalachin, Castellano received his captains at the mansion.
If Castellano was literally king of the hill, Dellacroce remained in the valley, holding forth at the Ravenite social club on Mulberry Street.
Sammy would often find Castellano seated on a balcony of the White House, in his robe and slippers, reading the New York Times and the Wall Street journal.