casta

Definitions of casta
  1. noun
    the descendants of one individual
    synonyms: abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, cepa, cuna, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, nacimiento, origen, prosapia, solar
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    types:
    familia
    people descended from a common ancestor
    dinastía
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    type of:
    genealogía, árbol genealógico
    successive generations of kin
  2. noun
    (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
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    type of:
    condición, rango
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
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