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

English cardigan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʁd̪iɡan/
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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
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