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CDG

CDG is the abbreviation of calcium diglutamate.

Meaning of calcium diglutamate

Noun

calcium diglutamate (uncountable)

  1. A compound with chemical formula Ca(C₅H₈NO₄)₂, a calcium acid salt of glutamic acid, used as a flavor enhancer and to treat exposure to hydrofluoric acid.
    Synonyms:
    CDG

Proper noun

CDG

  1. The Gulf Cartel.
    • Authorities in Mexico and the US believe that CDG was responsible for the highly-publicized kidnapping of four American tourists in Matamoros in 2023.2025 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

Origin of CDG

Borrowed from Spanish CDG (“Cártel del Golfo”).

Questions about CDG

What does CDG mean?
CDG means the Gulf Cartel.
What is CDG the abbreviation of?
CDG is the abbreviation of calcium diglutamate.
What part of speech is CDG?
CDG is a proper noun.

Words near CDG in the dictionary

  1. cdesign proponentsists
  2. CDF
  3. CDFI
  4. CDFIs
  5. CDFs
  6. CDG
  7. Cdg.
  8. CDH
  9. cdi
  10. CDI factor
  11. CDIC

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: CDG (page history and authors); calcium diglutamate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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