Cardigan

Cardigan

See also: cardigan and cárdigan

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)

Proper noun

Cardigan

  1. A town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846). [1]
  2. (historical) The County of Cardigan, a former synonym of Cardiganshire, Wales. [2]
    • 1952 July, J. F. Burrell, “The Cardigan Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 485:
      After running through the meadows for about a mile, the train enters the County of Cardigan, and follows the south bank of the Teifi to Cardigan Station.
  3. A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
  5. A surname.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Community map
  2. ^ County of Cardigan

Anagrams

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from English cardigan.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkaʁd̪iɡan/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Cardigan m (strong, genitive Cardigans, plural Cardigans)

    1. cardigan
      Synonyms: Strickjacke, Strickweste
      Coordinate terms: Pullover, Pullunder

    Declension

    Declension of Cardigan [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Cardigan die Cardigans
    genitive eines des Cardigans der Cardigans
    dative einem dem Cardigan den Cardigans
    accusative einen den Cardigan die Cardigans

    Further reading

    • “Cardigan” in Duden online
    • “Cardigan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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