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

A BBC investigation has found that sepsis awareness training remains a lottery in Wales and is still not compulsory at Wales' largest hospital, the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, where Bethan died.

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They remain in custody ahead of a hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday.

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The Welsh government has previously said it would defend the legal challenge by Bristol Airport, and that it would "fight for our ability to invest" in Cardiff Airport's "long-term prosperity and shape its economic destiny".

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"I was glad I didn't plan to be in Cardiff the whole week," he said.

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Cardiff University's Dr Jenny Kidd has led research on so-called deathbots, published in the Cambridge University Press journal Memory, Mind and Media, and described the results as both "fascinating and unsettling".

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