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 tiny town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
8. A ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States.
10. An unincorporated community 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.

• Cardiff Bay
• 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)

Unadapted borrowing from English Cardiff.

Cardiff

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

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