Welsh · Cymraeg

Caerdydd

/kairˈdiːð/

Anglicised as Cardiff

Place-name meaning, origin and pronunciation

“fort on the Taff” — the Roman fort beside the River Taf.

Broken down

Caer

caer

↓

fort

Welsh for a fortified town (cf. Caernarfon, Caerffili).

-dydd

from Taf (river)

↓

of the Taff

From earlier Caerdyf; -dyf is a mutated form of the river-name Taf.

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