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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital and largest city of Wales, in the southeast part on Bristol Channel. A prosperous coal-shipping port in the 1800s and early 1900s, it is now an educational and industrial center.

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  • proper noun The capital city of Wales

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  • noun the capital and largest city of Wales

Etymologies

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From Welsh caer ("fort") + Taf ("(River) Taff") = fortified city on the River Taff

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