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  • Cadiz
    Cadiz
    noun
    a city in the Philippines, on N Negros.
  • Cádiz
    Cádiz
    noun
    a seaport in southwestern Spain, on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Cádiz.

Cadiz

1 American  
[kah-dees] / ˈkɑ dis /

noun

  1. a city in the Philippines, on N Negros.


Cádiz 2 American  
[kuh-diz, key-diz, kah-theeth, -thees] / kəˈdɪz, ˈkeɪ dɪz, ˈkɑ ðiθ, -ðis /

noun

  1. a seaport in southwestern Spain, on a bay of the Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Cádiz.


Cádiz British  
/ kəˈdɪz, ˈkaðiθ /

noun

  1. a port in SW Spain, on a narrow peninsula that forms the Bay of Cádiz at the E end of the Gulf of Cádiz , founded about 1100 bc as a Phoenician trading colony; centre of trade with America from the 16th to 18th centuries. Pop: 134 989 (2003 est)

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The pair flew from Cadiz, where they were on vacation, to Santander, near the path of the eclipse, before driving up Picón Blanco to get above cloud level.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, Cadiz is taking steps to hive off the infrastructure it has planned to use for its water project, mostly two unused pipelines, into a special purpose subsidiary.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Former Rep. Tony Coelho, an important Democratic Party fundraiser, served on the Cadiz board.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The Cadiz project was the brainchild of British-born Keith Brackpool, who had a checkered record as an investment promoter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The next night, after he had visited Cadiz, he had things he could tell her, too—about the city of stone, built on a rocky promontory, jutting out into the blue sea.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

On this list we’ve got novels about ancient Greece, near-future North America and Cold War-era Cádiz, plus nonfiction peeks inside a woodshop, the mind of a Beatle and the making of a classic film.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2024

Footage from a municipal camera in the Spanish city of Cádiz shows a suspected meteorite streaking across the night sky.

From BBC May 19, 2024

New study by ICTA-UAB and the University of Cádiz reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and consumed shellfish throughout the year, especially in winter.

From Science Daily Feb. 15, 2024

Cádiz coach Sergio González said referee Carlos del Cerro Grande talked to him after the game and apologized for the mistake.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2023

A group of Jews who tried to sail south from the port of Cádiz to the kingdom of Fez died in a terrible fire.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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