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: 134 989 (2003est)
Cadiz in American English
(kəˈdɪz; ˈkeɪdɪz)
1.
seaport in SW Spain, on the Atlantic: pop. 154,000
: Sp. name Cáˌdiz (ˈkɑˌðiθ)
2.
city in N Negros, in the Philippines: pop. 147,000