a port in SW Spain, on a narrow peninsula that forms the Bay of Cádiz at the E end of the Gulf of Cádiz, founded about 1100 bc as a Phoenician trading colony; centre of trade with America from the 16th to 18th centuries. Pop: 134 989 (2003 est)
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Ca•diz
(kä′dēs),USA pronunciation n.
Cá•diz (kə diz′, kā′diz; Sp. kä′ᵺēth, -ᵺēs),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in the Philippines, on N Negros. 129,632.
Cá•diz (kə diz′, kā′diz; Sp. kä′ᵺēth, -ᵺēs),USA pronunciation n.
- a seaport in SW Spain, on a bay of the Atlantic (Gulf′ of Cá′diz.) 135,743.
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