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. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... For the crustacean genus Cardus, see Polychelidae. ... Cardinal Jaime Lachica Sin (born August 31, 1928 in the Philippines) was the 14th of 16 children of Juan Sin and Maxima Lachica. ...

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
  • Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team
  • 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: A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the College of Cardinals which as a body elects a new pope. ... Genera Periporphyrus Saltator Caryothraustes Parkerthraustes Rhodothraupis Cardinalis Pheucticus Cyanocompsa Guiraca Passerina Spiza The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds living in North and South America. ... Cessna 177B Cardinal at Smiths Falls, Ontario 2004 Cessna 177RG Cardinal RG at the COPA Flight 33 Arnprior, Ontario Fly-in 10 July 2005 The Cardinal badge sported by many Cessna 177 and 177RG aircraft Cessna 177B Cardinal at the COPA Convention, Wetaskiwin, Alberta June 2005 The Cessna 177 Cardinal... The Cardinal is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. ... Major league affiliations National League (1892–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1,2,6,9,14,17,20,42,45,85 Name St. ... City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, The Birds, Big Red Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach TBA Owner Bill Bidwell General manager Rod Graves Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations Independent (1898-1919) National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952... The Mapua Cardinals are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) basketball team of the Mapua Institute of Technology. ... The Cardenales de Lara (English: ) is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. ... The Louisville Cardinals are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. ... Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals. ... Binomial name Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz, 1956) The Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. ... Having no offical mascot, the athletic teams at Stanford University are referred to as Stanford Cardinal. ... Aleph-0, the smallest infinite cardinal In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set. ... A compass rose showing the cardinal directions Cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four principal directions or points of the compass in plane. ... Cardinal mark near Fehmarn island A cardinal mark, as defined by the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities, is a sea mark (a buoy or other floating or fixed structure) used in maritime pilotage to indicate the position of a hazard and the direction of safe water. ... During development of the veins, the first indication of a parietal system consists in the appearance of two short transverse veins, the ducts of Cuvier, which open, one on either side, into the sinus venosus. ...

• 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
• Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper/producer

There are places that have the name Cardinal in North America: Douglas Joseph Cardinal (born March 7, 1934, Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian architect. ... Dr. Harold Cardinal (January 27, 1945 – June 3, 2005) was a Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator and lawyer. ... Mark E. Cardinal (born May 5, 1961 in Victoria, Canada) is a former Canadian national rugby player. ... Mark E. Cardinal (born May 5, 1961 in Victoria, Canada) is a former Canadian national rugby player. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | Canadian actors | Canadian First Nations people ... Brian Lee Cardinal (born May 2, 1977 in Tolono, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. After a college career at Purdue University, Cardinal selected in the second round by the Detroit Pistons in the 2000 NBA Draft. ... Tantoo Cardinal Tantoo Cardinal (born July 20, 1950 in Fort McMurray, Alberta) is a Canadian film and television actor of Cree (Métis) descent. ... Kardinal Offishall (born Jason Harrow in 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Jamaican-Canadian rap MC and producer. ...

• Cardinal, Ontario
• Cardinal, Virginia, a settlement in Mathews County, Virginia
• Several high schools, see Cardinal High School

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