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The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins.
Cardinal may refer to:
- Cardinal (Catholicism), a member of the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church
- Cardinal (bird), a family of passerine birds living in the Americas
- Cessna 177 aircraft
- Cardinal and Hoosier State train running between Chicago and New York
- St. Louis Cardinals, a National League baseball team
- Arizona Cardinals, an American football team
- Mapua Cardinals, the varsity teams of Mapua Institute of Technology
- Louisville Cardinals, an intercollegiate sports team in Louisville
- Cardinal (color), a vivid reddish color
- Cardinal tetra, a species of fish
- Stanford Cardinal, the sports teams of Stanford University
- Cardinal number, in mathematics
- Cardinal directions
- Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation
- Cardinal (beer), a Swiss beer brand.
- Cardinal veins
People named Cardinal include:
- Douglas J. Cardinal (born 1934), a Canadian architect
- Harold Cardinal (1945-2005), a Cree writer and political leader
- Mark Cardinal, Canadian rugby player
- Mark Cardinal, Canadian politician (broken link)
- Lorne Cardinal, Canadian actor
- Brian Cardinal, American basketball player
- Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
There are places that have the name Cardinal in North America:
- Cardinal, Ontario
- Cardinal, Virginia, a settlement in Mathews County, Virginia
- Several high schools, see Cardinal High School
