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 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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

The capital city of Wales

• Arabic: كَارْدِيف m (kārdif)
• Armenian: Քարդիֆ (Kʻardif)
• Bengali: কার্ডিফ (karḍiph)
• 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 (ja) (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

Estonian

Proper noun

Cardiff

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

Portuguese

Cardiff

Alternative forms

• Cardife

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Cardiff.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈd͡ʒi.fi/ [kaɦˈd͡ʒi.fi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈd͡ʒi.fi/ [kaɦˈd͡ʒi.fi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈd͡ʒi.fi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈd͡ʒi.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈd͡ʒi.fe/

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

Proper noun

Cardiff

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

See also

• País de Gales