The Collaborative International Dictionary
Morro \Mor"ro\, n. [Sp., any spherical object.] A round hill or point of land; hence,
Morro castle, a castle on a hill.
Wikipedia
Morro Castle may refer to:
Morro Castle , named after the three biblical Magi, is a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. The design was drawn up by the Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli; originally under the control of Spain, the fortress was captured by the British in 1762, and was returned to the Spanish under treaty terms a year later.
The Morro fortress in Havana shares its name with structures in Santiago de Cuba and the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this case, the Spanish "morro" means a rock which is very visible from the sea and therefore serves as a navigational landmark. Perched on the promontory on the opposite side of the harbor from Old Havana, it can be viewed from miles around as it dominates the port entrance. Built initially in 1589 in response to raids on Havana harbor, el Morro protected the mouth of the harbor with a chain being strung out across the water to the fort at La Punta.
Usage examples of "morro castle".
This was off Morro Castle, the cattle boat streaming black smoke as it comes through the narrows.
The beam from Morro Castle swept the air, and the occasional Lada rattled by like a drum set being delivered.
Lifelong friends were rounded up in a terror that soon filled the dungeons of Morro Castle and the moats of La Cabana.
On the lofty bluff overlooking the entrance Morro Castle covered the approaches with artillery.
By the time she passed Morro Castle at the entrance to Santiago, she was making nearly sixty-two knots.
As if it were on a cruise to nowhere, the Oxford would sail in circles and figure eights for weeks at a time six miles off Havana's Morro Castle.
His eyes were drawn like a magnet on the beacon from the lighthouse above the gray walls of Morro Castle, that grim fortress guarding the entrance to Havana Harbor.
The Titanic, Lusitania, Morro Castle, their captains all ignored the omens and the danger signs and paid a heavy price.
More sharks, Doc thought unpleasantly, than he had ever seen off Morro Castle in Havana harbor before the shark fishermen got to thinning them out because their livers were bringing such a high price.
Unfortunately, her husband had lost his job at about the same time, and they moved into La Perla, a historic slum squatting at the foot of Morro Castle.