CDG

See also: cdg

Translingual

Symbol

CDG

  1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Charles de Gaulle Airport, which serves Paris, France.
    • 2023 July 6, Julia Buckley, “Airline passenger finds plane floor soaked in blood”, in CNN[1] (in English):
      “A customer travelling on the next flight from Paris (CDG) to Toronto (YYZ) reported residual traces of blood on the floor, soiling his personal belongings. The crew immediately assisted him in cleaning his belongings, providing him with suitable equipment such as sterile gloves and disinfectant wipes.

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

CDG (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of calcium diglutamate.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish CDG (Cártel del Golfo).

Proper noun

CDG

  1. The Gulf Cartel.
    • 2025 February 22, Max Saltman, Avery Schmitz, Sebastian Jimenez Valencia and Rocio Munoz-Ledo, “The US now considers these cartels and gangs terrorist groups. Here’s what to know about them”, in CNN[2]:
      Authorities in Mexico and the US believe that CDG was responsible for the highly-publicized kidnapping of four American tourists in Matamoros in 2023.

Anagrams

Spanish

Proper noun

CDG m

  1. initialism of Cártel del Golfo
    • 2025 June 3, EFE, “Autoridades mexicanas capturan a tres implicados en homicidio de integrantes de grupo musical”, in CNN en Español[3]:
      Autoridades mexicanas detuvieron en la ciudad de Reynosa, estado de Tamaulipas, fronteriza con Estados Unidos, a tres presuntos integrantes de un grupo delictivo ligado al Cartel del Golfo (CDG), a quienes decomisaron armas, cartuchos, drogas, dinero en efectivo y vehículos, y están implicados en el homicidio de cinco integrantes del grupo musical Fugitivo.
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