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English
Etymology
Anglicized from Welsh Ceredigion (“Ceredig's land”)
Proper noun
Cardigan
- A town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846). [1]
- (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.
- A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
- A surname.
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German
Etymology
English cardigan
Pronunciation
Noun
Cardigan m (strong, genitive Cardigans, plural Cardigans)
- cardigan
- Synonyms: Strickjacke, Strickweste
- Coordinate terms: Pullover, Pullunder
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Further reading
- “Cardigan” in Duden online
- “Cardigan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache