Cardea may refer to: Cardea, an ancient Roman goddess of the door-hinge. Cardea (DRM), a codename for Microsoft Windows Media DRM 164207 Cardea, an asteroid and quasi-satellite of Earth Cardea, the precursor group to San Francisco lesbian-feminist BDSM organization Samois Cardea, an atoll of the former micronation the Republic of Minerva Cardea, the marketing name given to a large housing development at Stanground, a suburb of Peterborough Caryatis Cardea, former editor of the journal Sinister Wisdom Frank Cardea, writer on the television series NCIS