Cardiff

Cardiff

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹdɪf/

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Proper noun

Cardiff

1. A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales.
2. (metonymically) the Welsh government
3. A suburb of 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 tiny town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
8. A ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.
9. An unincorporatedcommunity in Harford County, Maryland, United States.
10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
11. A small hamlet in Onandaga County, New York, United States.
12. A ghost town in Roane County, Tennessee, United States.

Derived terms

• Cardiff Bay
• Cardiffian

Translations

The capital city of Wales

Arabic: كَارْدِيف‎ m (kārdif) Armenian: Քարդիֆ (Kʿardif) Bengali: কার্ডিফ (karḍiphô) Breton: Kerdiz Bulgarian: Кардиф m (Kardif) Chinese: Mandarin: 加的夫 (zh) (Jiādífū) Cornish: Kardydh Dutch: Cardiff Esperanto: Kardifo Estonian: Cardiff (et) Finnish: Cardiff (fi) French: Cardiff (fr) Georgian: კარდიფი (ḳardipi) German: Cardiff (de) Greek: Κάρντιφ (el) (Kárntif) Gujarati: કાર્ડિફ (kārḍiph) Hindi: कार्डिफ़ (kārḍif) Irish: Caerdydd Japanese: カーディフ (Kādifu) Korean: 카디프 (Kadipeu) Latvian: Kārdifa f Lithuanian: Kardifas m Macedonian: Кардиф m (Kardif) Maltese: Kardiff Manx: Cayr Deeth Marathi: कार्डिफ (kārḍiph) Portuguese: Cardiff (pt) f Russian: Ка́рдифф (ru) m (Kárdiff) Ukrainian: Кардіфф m (Kardiff) Welsh: Caerdydd (cy) f

References

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Estonian

Proper noun

Cardiff

1. Cardiff (a city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales)

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Portuguese

Cardiff

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Cardiff.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.di.f(ɨ)/ [ˈkaɾ.ði.f(ɨ)]

Proper noun

Cardiff

1. Cardiff (a city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales)

See also

• País de Gales