Cadillac

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A brand of luxury automobile, now part of the General Motors group
• A placename

Adjective

• Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class.

Noun

• A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

Origin

• 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.