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Cardiff en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkaːdɪf/ (Wales)
  • /ˈkɑːdɪf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈkɑɹdɪf/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkaɾdɪf/ (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Caerdyf, equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff. Compare Welsh Caerdydd.

Meanings

  1. A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales.
    • The riots began after misinformation circulated widely online about the identity and motives of the suspect in the Southport murders, who was named on Thursday as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana. The media had been unable to name the teenager, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, because he is under 18. 2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024:
  2. (metonymically) The Welsh government.
  3. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A community in the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A hamlet in Sturgeon County, in central Alberta, Canada.
  6. A small rural settlement in the region of Taranaki, New Zealand.
  7. A place in the United States: ▸ A tiny town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
  8. A place in the United States: ▸ Synonym of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.
  9. A place in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois.
  10. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
  11. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  12. A place in the United States: ▸ A small hamlet in Onondaga County, New York.
  13. A place in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Roane County, Tennessee.

Deriveds

Cardiff Heights · Cardiff-by-the-Sea · Cardiffian · Cardiff Bay · Cardiff South

Synonyms

California · Cardiff-by-the-Sea

Translations (34)

gu કાર્ડિફ (The capital city of Wales) · ko 카디프 (The capital city of Wales) · lt Kardifas (The capital city of Wales) · bg Кардиф (The capital city of Wales) · sq Kardif (The capital city of Wales) · hi कार्डिफ़ (The capital city of Wales) · de Cardiff (The capital city of Wales) · sco Cairdiff (The capital city of Wales) · mk Кардиф (The capital city of Wales) · fr Cardiff (The capital city of Wales) · ga Caerdydd (The capital city of Wales) · fi Cardiff (The capital city of Wales) · mt Kardiff (The capital city of Wales) · nl Cardiff (The capital city of Wales) · br Kerdiz (The capital city of Wales) · ka კარდიფი (The capital city of Wales) · ast Cárdif (The capital city of Wales) · pt Cardiff (The capital city of Wales) · th คาร์ดิฟฟ์ (The capital city of Wales) · ru Ка́рдифф (The capital city of Wales) · kw Kardydh (The capital city of Wales) · et Cardiff (The capital city of Wales) · bn কার্ডিফ (The capital city of Wales) · mr कार्डिफ (The capital city of Wales) · uk Кардіфф (The capital city of Wales) · gv Cayr Deeth (The capital city of Wales) · eo Kardifo (The capital city of Wales) · cmn 加的夫 (The capital city of Wales) · lv Kārdifa (The capital city of Wales) · el Κάρντιφ (The capital city of Wales) · cy Caerdydd (The capital city of Wales) · ar كَارْدِيف (The capital city of Wales) · hy Քարդիֆ (The capital city of Wales) · ja カーディフ (The capital city of Wales)