- Cardinal
The word "cardinal" comes from the
Latin "cardo " for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in "cardinal rule " or "cardinal sin s".Cardinal may refer to:
*Cardinal (Catholicism) , a senior ecclesiastical official, of the Catholic Church
*Cardinal (color) , a vivid reddish color
*Cardinal Health , a multinational health supply and pharmaceutical distributor
*Cardinal number , in mathematics
* Several high schools, seeCardinal High School
*Cardinal vowel s, the standard reference points for phonetic description.In biology
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Cardinal (bird) , a family of passerine birds living in the Americas
*Cardinal (grape) , a wine and table grape
*Cardinal tetra , a species of fish
*Cardinal veins Several sports teams use the name Cardinals:
*Arizona Cardinals , a professional American football team
*Cardenales de Lara , a Venezuelan baseball team
*Louisville Cardinals , an intercollegiate sports team in Louisville
*Mapua Cardinals , the varsity teams of Mapua Institute of Technology
*St. Louis Cardinals , a professional baseball team in the National League
*Stanford Cardinal , the sports teams of Stanford University, named after the color as opposed to the birdGeography and transportation:
*Cardinal, Ontario
*Cardinal mark , a sea mark used in navigation
*Cardinal directions
* "Cardinal" (passenger train), an Amtrak route connecting Chicago with New York via Cincinnati and WashingtonBrands and trademarks
* A name for theCessna 177 aircraft
*Cardinal Brewery , a Swiss breweryPeople named Cardinal include:
*Judah ben Isaac Cardinal , French translator who lived at the beginning of the thirteenth century
*Brian Cardinal , American basketball player
*Douglas J. Cardinal (born 1934), a Canadian architect
*Harold Cardinal (1945-2005), a Cree writer and political leader
*Kardinal Offishall , Canadian rapper/producer
*Lorne Cardinal , Canadian actor
*Mark Cardinal , Canadian rugby player
*Tantoo Cardinal , Canadian actress
*Tom Cardinal , student at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Known to most as the one and only Boon, a name he earned after a great man on the second floor noticed he resembled the character in Animal House.
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