Cadillac

From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkædɪlæk/

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Cadillac

1. A brand of luxury automobile, now part of the General Motors group
2. A surname from French.
3. A placename
   1. An urban area of Quebec, Canada
   2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada
   3. A commune of the Gironde department, France
   4. A city, the county seat of Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
   5. A mountain in Maine

• Cadillac converter
• Cadillac-en-Fronsadais
• Cadillac Mountain
• Cadillac of poker
• Lake Cadillac
• Cadillac problem

• (GM car brand): Cadillac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cadillac (comparative more Cadillac, superlative most Cadillac)

1. (US) Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac)
   • WKRP in Cincinnati:

     Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of worms.

• Cadillac plan
• Cadillac tax

Cadillac (plural Cadillacs)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of Catillac. A large variety of cooking pear[1].

Occitan Cadilhac.

• IPA^(key): /ka.di.jak/, (Car brand, Quebec) /ka.di.lak/

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• Rhymes: -ak

Cadillac ?

1. a surname
2. a placename
   1. a commune in Gironde, France
   2. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
   3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada
3. a brand of luxury cars, part of General Motors

• Cadillacois, Cadillacoise
• Cadillac-en-Fronsadais

• → English: Cadillac