Cardiff

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

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

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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 place in the United States:
   1. A tiny town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
   2. Synonym of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.
   3. A ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
   5. An unincorporated community in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
   6. A small hamlet in Onondaga County, New York.
   7. A ghost town in Roane County, Tennessee.

• Cardiff Bay
• Cardiff-by-the-Sea
• Cardiffian

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

Cardiff

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

• Cardife

Unadapted borrowing from English Cardiff.

Cardiff

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

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