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QUEEN ISABELLA

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• QUEEN ISABELLA (noun)
The noun QUEEN ISABELLA has 1 sense:

1. the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

Familiarity information: QUEEN ISABELLA used as a noun is very rare.

• QUEEN ISABELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Isabella; Isabella I; Isabella the Catholic; Queen Isabella

Instance hypernyms:

female monarch; queen; queen regnant (a female sovereign ruler)

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