Cardiff

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹdɪf/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːdɪf/

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Proper noun

Cardiff

1. The capital city of Wales

Derived terms

• 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
• Estonian: Cardiff (et)
• Finnish: Cardiff (fi)
• French: Cardiff (fr)
• Georgian: კარდიფი (ḳardipi)
• German: Cardiff
• Greek: Κάρντιφ (el) (Kárntif)
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• Gujarati: કાર્ડિફ (kārḍiph)
• Hindi: कार्डिफ़ (kārḍif)
• Irish: Caerdydd
• Japanese: カーディフ (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

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Estonian

Proper noun

Cardiff

1. Cardiff (the capital of Wales)

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Portuguese

Cardiff

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Cardiff, from medieval (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Welsh Caerdyf (Modern Welsh Caerdydd), from caer (“fort”) + Taf (“(River) Taff”) = fortified city on the River Taff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ˈði.f(ɨ)/

Proper noun

Cardiff f

1. Cardiff (the capital city of Wales)

See also

• País de Gales