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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Ferdinand of Aragon
n 1: the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his
wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked
the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their
capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as
one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in
1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus
in 1492 (1452-1516) [syn: {Ferdinand}, {King Ferdinand},
{Ferdinand of Aragon}, {Ferdinand V}, {Ferdinand the
Catholic}]