Cá·diz (k -d z , k dz, kä-, kä  th, -s) A city of southwest Spain northwest of Gibraltar on the Gulf of Cádiz, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Cádiz was founded c. 1100 b.c. by Phoenicians and passed to the Carthaginians (c. 500 b.c.), Romans (third century a.d.), Moors (711), and the kingdom of Castile (1262). Its port was a base for Spanish treasure ships after the conquest of the Americas. Population: 129,000. |
Cádiz [kəˈdɪz (Spanish) ˈkaðiθ]
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(Placename) 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.: 143 121 (1998 est.).
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