Cardinal

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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 number, in mathematics.
• cardinal directions.
• Cardinal (Catholicism), a member of the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church
• Cardinal (color), a vivid reddish color
• Cardinal (bird), a family of passerine birds living in the Americas
• a Cessna 177 aircraft
• the St. Louis Cardinals, a National League baseball team
• the Arizona Cardinals, an American football team
• Cardinal (beer), a Swiss beer brand.
• one of the Cardinal and Hoosier State trains running between Chicago and St. Louis
• Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation
• Cardinal (Amtrak), a passenger train service operated by Amtrak

People named Cardinal include:

• Douglas J. Cardinal (born 1934), a Canadian architect
• Harold Cardinal (1945-2005), a Cree writer and political leader

There are places that have the name Cardinal in North America:

• Cardinal, Ontario
• Cardinal, Virginia, a settlement in Mathews County, Virginia