Cardinal

Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:

Animals

• Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
• Paroaria, a South American genus of birds
• Argynnis pandora, a species of butterfly
• Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish

Christianity

• Cardinal (Catholicism), a senior official of the Catholic Church
• Cardinal (Church of England)

Entertainment

• Cardinal (album), a 1994 album by indie pop duo, Cardinal
• The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B group
• The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003
• The Cardinal (play), a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley
• The Cardinal (1936 film), a British historical drama
• The Cardinal, a 1963 American film
• Cardinal (film), a 2001 American film directed by Michael Harring

Geography

• Cardinal, Ontario, Canada
• Cardinal, Virginia

Navigation and transport

• Cardinal (train)
• The Cardinal (railcar)
• Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation
• Cardinal direction, the four primary directions N, S, E, and W
• Cessna 177 Cardinal, a single engine aircraft
• St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110, a light aircraft built in 1928

Organizations

• Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland
• Cardinal Health, a health care services company
• Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States

Sports

• Arizona Cardinals, an American professional football team of the NFL
• Assindia Cardinals, an American football club from Essen, Germany
• Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University
• Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team
• Catholic University Cardinals, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America
• 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 Institute of Technology
• St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team
• Stanford Cardinal, the athletic teams of Stanford University
• Wesleyan Cardinals, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University
• West Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia
• Woking F.C., an English association football team

Other

• Cardinal (name)
• Cardinal (color), a vivid red
• Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939
• Cardinal number, a concept in mathematics
• Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics
• C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet
• Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine
• The cardinal is also a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop
• Cardinal, an army drinking game

See also

• Cardinale (disambiguation)