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Cardiff

/ˈkaːdɪf/ Wales
/ˈkɑːdɪf/ UK
/ˈkaɾdɪf/ Scotland
/ˈkɑɹdɪf/ US

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales. The riots began after misinformation circulated widely online about the identity and motives of the suspect in the Southport murders, who was named on Thursday as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana. The media had been unable to name the teenager, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, because he is un
metonymically The Welsh government.
A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
A community in the township of Highlands East, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
A hamlet in Sturgeon County, in central Alberta, Canada.
A small rural settlement in the region of Taranaki, New Zealand.
A tiny town in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Synonym of Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.
Similar: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California
A ghost town in Livingston County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
An unincorporated community in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
A small hamlet in Onondaga County, New York.
A ghost town in Roane County, Tennessee.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oxford, caerdydd, diff, docklands, cdf, cathays, swansea, cardigan, ceredigion, llandaff, castle, bluebirds, taff, carmarthen, wales, bridgend

Translations

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name The capital city of Wales

한국어	카디프 Kadipeu
日本語	カーディフ Kādifu
中文	加的夫 Jiādífū
हिन्दी	कार्डिफ़ kārḍif
Português	Cardiff
Français	Cardiff
Deutsch	Cardiff
Ελληνικά	Κάρντιφ Kárntif
Русский	Ка́рдифф Kárdiff
العربية	كَارْدِيف kārdif

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@misc{cardiff_2026,
  title = {Cardiff},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cardiff},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}