Cardiff

American  

[kahr-dif] / ˈkɑr dɪf /

noun

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

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Cardiff British  

/ ˈkɑːdɪf /

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)

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Etymology

Origin of Cardiff

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

Example Sentences

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Cardiff

Major routes between Manchester and Birmingham, which passes through Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Wolverhampton, along with routes from Leeds to York, Cheltenham to Cardiff and Glasgow to Edinburgh, are all affected.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

For Daisy Dixon, who teaches philosophy at Cardiff University, the idea has nothing to do with art that is poorly executed, intellectually meretricious, technically sloppy or aesthetically kitschy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Women between 14 and 18 weeks pregnant had previously been able to get surgical abortions at its Cardiff clinic.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

A woman called Catherine Taylor Dawson, who ran in Cardiff North in 2005 for the Vote for Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket party, won a single vote there, for instance.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

So in 1918, when I was two, we all moved into an imposing country mansion beside the village of Radyr, about eight miles west of Cardiff.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl