cardia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.

[708] Eumenes, of Cardia in Thrace, was private secretary to Philip and Alexander. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
“He who desires beauty and sacred knowledge ought to make his Yúpa of Paláśa wood.”—Ibid. 100 The Cardia Latifolia. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki

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