Cardiff

English

Etymology

From Welsh caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Wikipedia

Cardiff

1. The capital city of Wales

Derived terms

• Cardiffian

Translations

The capital city of Wales

• Arabic: كارديف (ar) (kaardif) m
• Breton: Kerdiz (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加的夫 (cmn) (Jiādífū)

• Cornish: Kardydh (kw)
• Dutch: Cardiff (nl)
• Estonian: Cardiff (et)
• Finnish: Cardiff (fi)
• French: Cardiff (fr)
• Greek: Κάρντιφ (el) (Kárntif)

• Hindi: कार्डिफ़ (hi) (kārḍif)
• Japanese: カーディフ (ja) (Kādifu)
• Korean: 카디프 (ko) (Kadipeu)
• Latvian: Kārdifa (lv) f
• Macedonian: Кардиф (mk) (Кárdif) m
• Maltese: Kardiff
• Manx: Cayr Deeth (gv)
• Marathi: कार्डिफ (mr) (kārḍifa)
• Russian: Кардифф (ru) (Кárdiff) m
• Welsh: Caerdydd (cy) f

References

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198527586

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Estonian

Proper noun

Cardiff

1. Cardiff (capital of Wales)