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Cardiff

[ kahr-dif ]

noun

  1. Official_name City and County of Cardiff. the capital city of Wales, located on the southeastern coast.


Cardiff

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. the capital of Wales, situated in the southeast, in Cardiff county borough: formerly an important port; seat of the Welsh assembly (1999); university (1883). Pop: 292 150 (2001)
  2. a county borough in SE Wales, created in 1996 from part of South Glamorgan. Pop: 315 100 (2003 est). Area: 139 sq km (54 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cardiff1

From Welsh Cardyf “Fort of the (River) Taff,” from Middle Welsh Caerdyf
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Example Sentences

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Sheedy missed a late drop goal and penalty.in a tense climax but Cardiff, who have now lost just one of their last six at home, held out for the win.

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Det Insp Butt said a post-mortem examination was undertaken at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where the cause of death was found to be a "complex sharp force injury to the neck area".

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"I started going around, like, Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff and Newport, looking for any little bit of architecture that I could find that might pass as a little bit Americana," he said.

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A medieval cemetery unearthed near Cardiff Airport is continuing to confound archaeologists, as the mysteries surrounding it are multiplying.

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Wilshere, who will be assisted by Tony Roberts and Nick Stanley, will take charge of Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough and the Canaries' final-day game at home to Cardiff on 3 May.

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