Caerdydd

Welsh

Castell Caerdydd

Bae Caerdydd

From Middle Welsh Caerdyf. Equivalent to caer (“fort”) +‎ Taf (“[River] Taff”); literally "fortified city on the River Taff".

The change from final /v/ to /ð/ is a local pronunciation, postdating the name being borrowed into English.

(North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /kaɨ̯rˈdɨːð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kərˈdɨːð/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /kai̯rˈdiːð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kərˈdiːð/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɨːð

Caerdydd f

Cardiff (a city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales)
Synonym: y ddinas fawr ddrwg

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Caerdydd	Gaerdydd	Nghaerdydd	Chaerdydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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