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'''Cardinal''' or '''The Cardinal''' most commonly refers to
* [[Cardinalidae]], a family of North and South American 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
* [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)]], a senior official of the Catholic Church
**Member of the [[College of Cardinals]]
* [[Cardinal Health]], a health care services company
* [[Cardinal number]]
** [[Large cardinal]]
* [[Cardinal direction]], one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west
* [[Cardinal (TV series)|''Cardinal'' (TV series)]], a 2017 Canadian television series
* [[Arizona Cardinals]], an American professional football team
* [[St. Louis Cardinals]], an American professional baseball team

'''Cardinal''' or '''The Cardinal''' may also refer to:

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== Animals ==
===Birds===
In addition to the aforementioned cardinalids:
* ''[[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)

== Christianity ==
* [[Cardinal (Church of England)]], either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral
* [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)]] a senior member of the Catholic Church.

==Entertainment==
===Films===
* [[Cardinals (film)|''Cardinals'']], a 2017 Canadian film
* [[The Cardinal (1936 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)|''Cardinal'' (Cardinal album)]], 1994
* [[Cardinal (Pinegrove album)|''Cardinal'' (Pinegrove album)]], 2016

===Television===
* [[Cardinal (The Americans)|"Cardinal" (''The Americans'')]], the second episode of the second season of the television series ''The Americans''

===Other arts, entertainment, and media===
* [[Cardinal (comics)]], a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics
* [[The Cardinal (1641 play)|''The Cardinal'' (1641 play)]], a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley
* [[The Cardinal (1901 play)|''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]]

==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==
* [[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
* [[Front Royal Cardinals]], an American baseball team
*[[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
* [[West Perth Football Club]], an Australian rules football club in Western Australia
* [[Woking F.C.]], an English 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)|''Cardinal'' (train)]]
* [[The Cardinal (railcar)|''The Cardinal'' (railcar)]]

==Other uses==
* [[Cardinal (color)]], a vivid red
* [[Cardinal (name)]], a surname
* Cardinal, a [[Ruby (programming language)#Implementations|Ruby programming language implementation]] using for the Parrot virtual machine

==See also==
* [[Cardenal]], a surname
* [[Cardinal sin (disambiguation)|Cardinal sin]] or cardinal syn
* [[Cardinale]], a surname

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