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'''Cardinal''' or '''The Cardinal''' most commonly refers to
* Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church ** Member of the College of Cardinals * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds * Cardinal number in mathematics ** Large cardinal * Cardinal direction, one of the primary directions: north, south, east, and west
'''Cardinal''' or '''The Cardinal''' may also refer to:
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== Animals == ===Birds=== * ''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ** Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of eastern North America ** Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, ''Cardinalis sinuatus'', found in southwest North America ** Vermilion cardinal, ''Cardinalis phoeniceus'', found in Colombia and Venezuela * ''Paroaria'', a South American genus of birds in the family Thraupidae commonly called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers * Yellow cardinal, ''Gubernatrix cristata'' a South American bird in the family Thraupidae
===Other animals=== * ''Argynnis pandora'', a species of butterfly * Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish
==Businesses== * Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland * Cardinal Technologies, a defunct modem manufacturer (1987–1997) * Cardinal Health, a health care services company == Christianity == * Cardinal (Church of England), either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral
==Entertainment== ===Films=== * ''Cardinals'', a 2017 Canadian film * ''The Cardinal'', a 1936 British historical drama * ''The Cardinal'', a 1963 American film
===Games=== * Cardinal (chess), a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop * Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game Cardinal Puff
===Music=== ====Groups==== * Cardinal (band), indie pop duo formed in 1992 * The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003 * The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B group
====Albums==== * ''Cardinal'' (Cardinal album), 1994 * ''Cardinal'' (Pinegrove album), 2016
===Television=== * "Cardinal" (''The Americans''), the second episode of the second season of the television series ''The Americans'' * ''Cardinal'' (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series ===Other arts, entertainment, and media=== * Cardinal (comics), a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics * ''The Cardinal'' (1641 play), a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley * ''The Cardinal'' (1901 play), a historical play by the British writer Louis N. Parker * The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the ''Sword Art Online'' series * Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in ''Star Wars: Phasma'', a novel by Delilah S. Dawson
==Linguistics== * Cardinal numeral, a part of speech for expressing numbers by name * Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics
==Mathematics== * Cardinal voting * Cardinal number
==Navigation== * Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation
==Places== * Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada * Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States * Cardinal Mountain, a summit in California * Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio * Cardinal, Virginia, United States * C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet
==Plants== * Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939 * ''Lobelia cardinalis'', also known as "cardinal flower"
== Sports ==
=== Athletic teams ===
* Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University * Catholic University Cardinals, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America * Incarnate Word Cardinals, the athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word * Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA * Louisville Cardinals, the athletic teams of University of Louisville * Mapúa Cardinals, the athletic teams of Mapúa University * North Central Cardinals, the athletic teams of North Central College * St. John Fisher Cardinals, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY * Stanford Cardinal, the athletic teams of Stanford University; named for the color but not the bird * Wesleyan Cardinals, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University
=== Baseball ===
* Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team * Front Royal Cardinals, an American baseball team * St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team * Hamilton Cardinals, a Canadian baseball team
=== Football (all codes) ===
* Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team * Assindia Cardinals, an American football club from Essen, Germany * West Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia * Woking F.C., an English association football team
==Transport== ===Aircraft=== * Cessna 177 Cardinal, a single engine aircraft * St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110, a light aircraft built in 1928 * NCSIST Cardinal, a family of small UAVs
===Trains=== * ''Cardinal'' (train) * ''The Cardinal'' (railcar)
===Cars=== * '''Ford Cardinal''', abandoned project with a lightweight and compact Ford Taunus V4 engine.
==Other uses== * Cardinal (color), a vivid red * Cardinal (surname), a surname * Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine
==See also== * Cardenal, a surname * Cardinal sin or cardinal syn * Cardinale, a surname
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